Add insult to injury
意味: To make a bad situation worse by adding offense
When something bad happens and then something additionally offensive or hurtful follows. The injury is the original harm; the insult is the additional affront.
例文
- They fired her, and to add insult to injury, they did it by email. 他们解雇了她，更过分的是，还用电子邮件通知的La despidieron y, para más inri, lo hicieron por correo electrónico彼女を解雇した上に、追い打ちをかけるようにメールで通知した그녀를 해고한 것도 모자라, 설상가상으로 이메일로 통보했다.
- He broke my vase and then, adding insult to injury, blamed me. 他打碎了我的花瓶，雪上加霜的是还怪我Rompió mi jarrón y, para colmo, me echó la culpa花瓶を壊した上に、さらに私のせいにした내 꽃병을 깨놓고, 엎친 데 덮친 격으로 내 탓이라고 했다.
- To add insult to injury, they charged me for the broken item. 更过分的是，他们还向我收了那个坏掉的东西的钱Para colmo, me cobraron el artículo roto追い打ちをかけるように、壊れた商品の代金を請求された설상가상으로, 깨진 물건 값까지 청구했다.
発音
/æd ɪnˈsʌlt tə ˈɪndʒəri/
使い方ガイド
場面: complaints, unfairness, aggravation
トーン: indignant, frustrated
✓ 正しい言い方
- To add insult to injury...雪上加霜的是……Para más inri...追い打ちをかけるように…설상가상으로...
- Adding insult to injury雪上加霜Para colmo泣きっ面に蜂엎친 데 덮친 격으로
✗ 間違った言い方
- Usually introduces the second bad thing通常用来引出第二件坏事Normalmente introduce la segunda cosa mala通常、二つ目の悪い出来事を紹介する際に使う보통 두 번째 나쁜 일을 소개할 때 사용
よくある間違い
- Saying 'injury to insult' (wrong order)
起源と歴史
From a fable by Phaedrus (Roman, 1st century AD) about a bald man who, when trying to swat a fly that bit him, hits his own head—the fly adds insult by saying he tried to avenge a tiny bite with death.
語源: From Phaedrus's Roman fable
初出: 1st century AD, English usage 18th century
文化的背景
Era: Ancient to present
Generation: All ages
Social background: Universal
Pop culture: Very common phrase
Regional notes: Universal across English-speaking world.
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