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单词 light the touchpaper
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light the touchpaper

idiom
(alsolight the blue touchpaper)
to make abadorextremesituationstarthappeningor to make someonereactin anangryorextremeway:
Thepresidentwasfearfuloflightingatouchpaperthat couldsparkgreaterunrest.
Ittakesa lot tolightthebluetouchpaper, but when Iblow,duck.
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(Definition oflight the touchpaperfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/light-the-touchpaper##
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