Idiom: add insult to injury
Meaning
Idiom: add insult to injury
- to make a bad situation even worse
Example sentences
— Breaking up with me was bad enough but doing it by email added insult to injury.
— To add insult to injury, the interviewer not only said I didn't get the job but he's going to check my references anyway to make sure I wasn't lying.
— Getting a $50 parking ticket after my appointment was canceled added insult to injury.
— I'm sorry, but making your son wear that ugly outfit to a party he didn't want to go to really added insult to injury.
— It's bad enough that you sold my wedding ring, but telling your father I threw it way really added insult to injury.
— When my daughter announced at the party that I got fired from work for pretending to be sick, it really added insult to injury.
— She's already embarrassed her new $1,000 iPhone is ruined so don't add insult to injury by telling everyone she dropped it in the toilet.
— Having to sit next to the man who cut in line in front of me at the airport security really added insult to injury.
Synonyms
- rub salt in the wound
- add fuel to the fire
- twist the knife
- make matters/things worse
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