1. Ý Nghĩa
Add insult to injury: có nghĩa là khiến cho một tình huống tồi tệ càng trở nên tồi tệ hơn bằng cách làm/nói những điều tiêu cực gây thách thức.
2. Ví dụ/Examples
She failed her final exam, and to add insult to injury, she also lost her wallet on the way back.
She criticized my cooking skills and then asked for seconds—seriously, that’s adding insult to injury!
Talk about adding insult to injury—first, they canceled the show, and then they didn’t even offer a refund!
She tripped on the sidewalk and spilled her coffee, adding insult to injury in front of everyone.
The bus was late, and then it started raining like crazy—adding insult to injury, as usual.
She had a terrible day at work, and to add insult to injury, her phone battery died on the way home.
I burned dinner, and then the smoke alarm gave me a standing ovation—adding insult to culinary injury.
Cụm từ đồng nghĩa:
- Rub salt in the wound
- Add fuel to the fire
