add insult injury

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English - Turkish
tüy dikmek
(Konuşma Dili) üstüne üstlük yapmak
(deyim) tuz biber ekmek
English - English
To further a loss with mockery or indignity

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.

(deyim) Said when you feel that someone has made a bad situation worse by doing something else to upset you

They told me I was too old for the job, and then to add insult to injury, they refused to pay my expenses!.

hit someone when he is already down, hurt someone even more than he is already hurt
add insult injury

    Hyphenation

    add in·sult in·ju·ry

    Turkish pronunciation

    äd însʌlt încıri

    Pronunciation

    /ˈad ənˈsəlt ˈənʤərē/ /ˈæd ɪnˈsʌlt ˈɪnʤɜriː/
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