insult to injury

to contribute more pain to something that has already been damaged

Too add insult to injury the kids laugh at the boy who fell down the steps.

by Gerard Irick October 14, 2010

to add insult to injury

it is said when someone makes a bad situation worse by doing something else to upset you.

first the robbers snatched her chain, and then to add insult to injury , they molested her as well.

by g.s.arora August 6, 2009

adding insult to injury

It means I'm already hurt so much that if you insult me it wouldn't even matter because I'm already so damaged(injured).

At this point you're adding insult to injury.

by whatisitabout October 29, 2015

add insult to injury

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by Add insult to injury November 24, 2020

adding injury to insult

This is a distortion of an old expression: "adding insult to injury". The original meaning was that it's bad enough to be physically injured by someone, without receiving a verbal insult from the assailant as well.

"As if getting my parked car hit by a truck wasn't bad enough, the car being towed away by the parking police was just adding injury to insult."

by architectpaul September 14, 2016