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add insult to injury

add insult to injury (add insult to injury)

Idiom Situation

Signification

to make a bad situation even worse

aggraver une mauvaise situation (aggraver une mauvaise situation)

Phrases d'exemple

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

"D'abord, ils ont perdu le match, puis, pour ajouter l'insulte à l'injure, leur bus est tombé en panne." (D'abord, ils ont perdu le match, puis, pour **ajouter l'insulte à l'injure**, leur bus est tombé en panne.)

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