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add insult to injury

Idiom Situation

Meaning

to make a bad situation even worse

Example Sentences

"First, they lost the game, and then, to add insult to injury, their bus broke down."

Related Expressions

table a proposal

to formally present a proposal for discussion

be in the limelight

to be the center of attention

get away with murder

to do something very bad without being punished for it

lean over

to bend your body forward or downward

Wing it

To do something without preparation.

bosom friends

very close and intimate friends