add insult to injury

Etymology
Derived from the fables of in the first century. The story was of a bald man who swats at a fly which has just landed on his head, but instead hits himself on the head. The fly comments, "You wished to kill me for a touch. What will you do to yourself since you have added insult to injury?" The actual wording appears in English from the middle of the 18th century.

Verb

 * 1)  To further a loss with mockery or indignity; to worsen an already unfavourable situation.

Usage notes

 * This expression permits little variation, except for.

Translations

 * Arabic: زَادَ الطِّينَ بِلَّةً
 * Bengali: কাটা ঘায়ে নুনের ছিটে
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: føje spot til skade
 * Finnish: pahentaa asiaa entisestään
 * French: ajouter l'injure à l'insulte,, comme si ça ne suffisait pas
 * Galician: aínda por riba, sobre mel filloas
 * Georgian: ცეცხლზე ნავთის დასხმა
 * German: Salz in die Wunde streuen
 * Greek: όλα του γάμου δύσκολα κι η νύφη γκαστρωμένη
 * Hebrew: הוסיף חטא על פשע,
 * Icelandic: bæta gráu ofan á svart, gera vont verra, bæta móðgun við meingjörð, blammera
 * Irish: cuir an tarcaisne i gceann na héagóra
 * Italian: oltre il danno la beffa
 * Japanese: 傷口に塩を塗る
 * Korean:, 엎친 데 덮친 격
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: a răsuci cuțitul în rană
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: bris mo chlaigeann air thùs, is an sin ciùrr mo chorrag
 * Sicilian: nuttata persa e figghia fìmmina
 * Spanish: echar leña al fuego
 * Swedish: strö salt i såren
 * Vietnamese: đổ thêm dầu vào lửa, xát muối vào vết thương