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add insult to injury
This page is about the idiom add insult to injury
Meaning
Someone adds insult to injury if they say or do something to upset you a second time, after you've already been upset somehow.
For example
- He said my clothes didn't suit me, and then to add insult to injury he said I needed to lose some weight!
- The bank took back my car, and then added insult to injury by cancelling my credit cards!
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Contributor: Matt Errey