“Add insult to injury”
意味
To make a bad situation even worse.
例文
Examples
“He lost the game, and to add insult to injury, he got injured.”
Use this idiom in context
Restore the missing expression using the meaning above. Keep the rest of the sentence unchanged.
He lost the game, and to _____, he got injured.Compare with the original example
He lost the game, and to add insult to injury, he got injured.
Write a two-line conversation using “Add insult to injury”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
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- What does "Add insult to injury" mean?
- "Add insult to injury" means to make a bad situation even worse.
- How do you use "Add insult to injury" in a sentence?
- Example: "He lost the game, and to add insult to injury, he got injured."
- Should I interpret "Add insult to injury" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.