中英成语俚语800对144：釜底抽薪

　　釜底抽薪

　　Take away fuel, take away flame(fire) .

　　eg：Mark changed his subject to calm the angry crowd, to take away fuel is to take away flame.

　　中英俚语俗语来源：魏收·为侯景叛移梁朝文：“抽薪止沸，剪草除根。”

　　反义词：火上浇油 Pour oil on the flame.