like a moth to the flame

• like a moth to a flame
• like a moth to flame

From the behavior of moths, that are instinctively attracted to light and are sometimes observed to go directly into flames, seemingly committing suicide.

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like a moth to the flame

1. Inescapably allured by something harmful.

   I came back and back to the same bad relationship, like a moth to the flame.