add insult to injury
To further a loss with mockery or indignityTo further a loss with mockery or indignity; to worsen an already unfavorable situation.
» To add insult to injury, she just found out she is pregnant.
І, щоб мало не здалося, вона щойно дізналася, що вагітна. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
deniko · Tatoeba · CC0Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To further a loss with mockery or indignity; to worsen an already unfavorable 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.
Salz in die Wunde streuen, dem Ganzen die Krone aufsetzen, das Ganze noch schlimmer machen
сы́пать соль на ра́нуsýpatʹ solʹ na ránu
Examples
4 sentencesTo add insult to injury, she just found out she is pregnant.
І, щоб мало не здалося, вона щойно дізналася, що вагітна. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
They are adding insult to injury.
He added insult to injury.
He forced me to dig my father's grave and, to add insult to injury, he stole the pick.
Translations
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Origin
Derived from the fables of Phaedrus in the first century CE. The story was of a bald man wDerived from the fables of Phaedrus in the first century CE. The story was of a bald man who swats at a fly which has just landed on his head, but instead hits himself on the head. The fly comments, "You wished to kill me for a touch. What will you do to yourself since you have added insult to injury?" (quid facies tibi,
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Forms
adds insult to injury, adding insult to injury, added insult to injury, added insult to injury| Base form | add insult to injury · to add insult to injury |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | adds insult to injury |
| Present participle | adding insult to injury |
| Past simple | added insult to injury |
| Past participle | added insult to injury |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | add insult to injury |
| he, she, it | adds insult to injury |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | added insult to injury |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have added insult to injury |
| he, she, it | has added insult to injury |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will add insult to injury |
Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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