add insult to injury Đã bị thương tích lại còn bị mạ nhục. (Hết tồi tệ này đến tồi tệ khác; đã nghèo mà lại gặp eo) Meaning:Someone adds insult to injury if they say or do something to upset you a second time, after you've already been upset somehow. To make a bad situation worse; to hurt the feelings of a person who has already been hurt.

For example:

1. When Liên discovered that she had failed the test, she was upset. The professor added insult to injury when he told her that she would not be able to graduate because of her poor mark.
   
2. My car barely started this morning, and to add insult to injury, I got a flat tire in the driveway.
   

After saying Ngọc made too many mistakes, Vinnie added insult to injury by saying they were small mistakes she worked very slowly her work was excellent

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