added insult to injury

  • 2020-10-29
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It added insult to injury.

This figure of speech describes something said or done that does not help a problem.  For example, if someone falls and hurts themselves and another person says to the first person, ‘You are clumsy’, that is adding insult to injury.

那是傷害之餘,又加羞辱!

有點像中文「傷口灑鹽」「落井下石」「幸災樂禍」「火上加油」之類的成語;明知對方受傷了,還當面說些風涼話,叫人很難堪;也是很不道德的行為。

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