焼やけぼっくいに火ひがつく

expression, godan verb (-ku)

old love rekindles; embers of a past relationship flare up again

Idiomatic expression comparing a rekindled romance to a burnt stick that catches fire again. Often used when former lovers reconnect.

• 十じゅう年ねんぶりに再さい会かいした二人ふたりは、焼やけぼっくいに火ひがついたように急きゅう接せっ近きんした。

  After reuniting for the first time in ten years, the two quickly grew close again, like a burnt stick catching fire.

• 焼やけぼっくいに火ひがつくって言いうけど、元もとカノとよりを戻もどすのはやめたほうがいいよ。

  They say old love blazes anew, but I think you shouldn't get back together with your ex.