add insult to injury

add insult to injury

/ˌæd ɪnˌsʌlt tuː ˈɪndʒəri/

💬 Idioms & Expressions

to make a bad situation worse

They fired him and, to add insult to injury, escorted him out.

Origin: From Aesops fable The Bald Man and the Fly', translated from Latin injuriae qui addideris contumeliam