To Add Insult To Injury
- To Add Insult To Injury
- How common is this idiom?: This idiom is still widely used in modern language, particularly in informal settings, to express frustration or anger when someone's situation goes from bad to worse.
- Literal Meaning: To add an insult to a physical injury, making the situation even more painful or difficult.
- Actual Idiomatic Meaning: To make a bad situation even worse by doing or saying something that is hurtful or upsetting.
- I was already having a bad day, and then I spilled coffee all over my shirt, adding insult to injury.
- The company's financial struggles were bad enough, but the CEO's insensitive comments about the employees' performance added insult to injury.
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