add insult to injury
/ˌæd ɪnˌsʌlt tuː ˈɪndʒəri/
to make a bad situation worse
add insult to injury in a sentence
“They fired him and, to add insult to injury, escorted him out.”
Origin of add insult to injury
From Aesops fable The Bald Man and the Fly', translated from Latin injuriae qui addideris contumeliam
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