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A common cliché meaning to make a bad situation worse; to hurt the feelings of a person who has already been hurt.
--First, the basement flooded, and then, to add insult to injury, a pipe burst in the kitchen.
--My car barely started this morning, and to add insult to injury, I got a flat tyre in the driveway.
--First, the basement flooded, and then, to add insult to injury, a pipe burst in the kitchen.
--My car barely started this morning, and to add insult to injury, I got a flat tyre in the driveway.