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Hey all! This is the third weekly English learning challenge: to try & use this idiom in your next lesson, study session, or in a natural conversation!
(to) add insult to injury
meaning: to make a bad situation worse
usage: when another awful thing happens after something terrible has already happened.
image: Imagine two samurai fighting. One loses, gaining a cut on his shoulder. The winner walks over & says, "You were never that good." OR: the bad things are stacking up like bricks, and the insult brick adds to the injury brick & topples it over.
Examples:
- Not only did I not get the job after the interview, to add insult to injury they told me to completely redo my portfolio!
- Yeah, I made an honest mistake, but to add insult to injury they put up a "Do Not Do" poster! It was obviously because of what I did!
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