To Add Insult to Injury (English idioms and phrases) | Learn American English in 1 Minute a Day

To add insult to injury is a common English expression. It's a way to describe another bad thing happening after something already bad has happened. Please watch the video to see what I mean! To add insult to injury meaning: Make something already bad worse. For example, a guy fell off his bike but then a car ran over his foot. To add insult to injury origin: Possibly from the ancient Roman fable of a bald man and a fly. The man tried to crush a fly on his head but used too much force and hurt himself too. Examples: "To add insult to injury, my brother got Covid-19 when he went to the hospital for a heart attack." "I don't want to add insult to injury after you've just finished your shift but you'll have to work for a few more hours. Johnny called in sick today." Want to find out more? Check out: https://eslspeaking.org/american-english-idioms/ The Big Book of American Idioms: https://amzn.to/3o6YxZi Even more Ideas for the TEFL Classroom: https://eslspeaking.org/ https://www.facebook.com/eslspeaking https://www.pinterest.ca/eslspeaking/ https://www.instagram.com/jackie.bolen/ https://www.tiktok.com/@englishwithjackie #learningenglishwithjackie #idiomsandphrases #idioms #idiomsinenglish Tags: to add insult to injury, to add insult to injury idiom, add insult to injury, add insult to injury meaning, what does add insult to injury mean, idiom add insult to injury Transcript: Hey, this is Jackie from eslspeaking.org. So the idiom of the day is to add insult to injury. To add insult to injury. It means that when something bad happens, something even worse happens along with that. For example, you're in the hospital for a heart attack and then you get Covid-19. So you had something bad, a heart attack but it became even worse because you got Covid-19 at the hospital. Here are some examples. "Ugh, to add insult to injury, I know you're tired but you'll have to work overtime. Johnny called in sick." "To add insult to injury, my girlfriend broke up with me when I lost my job." "To add insult to injury, my grandpa got Covid-19 when he was in the hospital for a broken leg."