Idiom: Add Insult to Injury

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Idiom: Add Insult to Injury

 Add Insult to Injury – Idiom of the Day for IELTS Speaking

Definition:

To make a bad situation even worse for somebody by doing something else to upset them.

Example: 

The organisation refused Jack’s application for this position, and to add insult to injury, refused to pay his salary for two months he did an internship.  

After the conflict, he left away, then to add insult to injury he broke up with her on the next day.   

The working environment of my company is very bad, the leader is always adding insult to injury when he criticises his subordinates harshly.

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Janice Thompson

Janice Thompson

Soon after graduating with a Master’s in Literature from Southern Arkansas University, she joined an institute as an English language trainer. She has had innumerous student interactions and has produced a couple of research papers on English language teaching. She soon found that non-native speakers struggled to meet the English language requirements set by foreign universities. It was when she decided to jump ship into IELTS training. From then on, she has been mentoring IELTS aspirants. She joined IELTSMaterial about a year ago, and her contributions have been exceptional. Her essay ideas and vocabulary have taken many students to a band 9.

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