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adding_insult_to_injury

add insult to injury

English

Alternative forms

heap insult on injury

Verb

add insult to injury

(idiomatic) To further a loss with mockery or indignity; to worsen an unfavourable situation
As if the hostile takeover weren't enough, to add insult to injury they scrapped ninety percent of our products and replaced them with their own.

Usage notes

This expression permits little variation, except for heap insult on injury.

Derived terms

insult to injury

Translations

to further a loss with mockery or indignity

Bengali: kata ghaye nuner chite
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雪上加霜 (zh) ‎(xuě shàng jiā shuāng)
Danish: føje spot til skade
Finnish: pahentaa asiaa entisestään
Georgian: ცეცხლზე ნავთის დასხმა ‎(cecxlze navtis dasxma)
German: Salz in die Wunde streuen
Greek: όλα του γάμου δύσκολα κι η νύφη γκαστρωμένη ‎(óla tou gámou dýskola ki i nýfi nkastroméni)
Hebrew: להוסיף חטא על פשע (lit. "add sin to a crime"), הרצחת וגם ירשת ("to murder and then inherit)
Icelandic: bæta gráu ofan á svart, gera vont verra, bæta móðgun við meingjörð, blammera

Italian: oltre il danno la beffa
Japanese: 傷口に塩を塗る ‎(kizuguchi-ni shio-o nuru)
Portuguese: esfregar sal na ferida
Romanian: a răsuci cuțitul în rană
Russian: сы́пать соль на ра́ну ‎(sýpatʹ solʹ na ránu)
Sicilian: nuttata persa e figghia fìmmina
Spanish: echar leña al fuego
Swedish: strö salt i såren
Vietnamese: đổ thêm dầu vào lửa (add oil to fire)

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