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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.)

Expressions Connexes

gray matter

intelligence or brainpower

Fuel the economy

To stimulate economic growth.

to put two and two together

to figure something out from the facts

burning with envy

feeling intense jealousy

a bumper crop

an unusually large harvest

Building castles in the air

To have unrealistic or impractical plans or dreams.