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Napoleonponapa Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

The synonym of " To add insult to injuries"

1) To add insult to injury, he made another mistake.

What is the other way of expressing the phrase" to add insult to injury"?

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Making the situation even worse, he made another mistake. But this does not have the additional flavor of "insulting"

  • Making the situation even worse, he made another mistake.
  • But this does not have the additional flavor of "insulting"
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Making the situation even worse, he made another mistake.
But this does not have the additional flavor of "insulting"
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There is no exact synonym, but you could use these.

To make matters worse, he made another mistake.
To top it (all) off, he made another mistake.
As if that were not enough, he made another mistake.
Things went from bad to worse when he made another mistake.

CJ
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CalifJim
To make matters worse, he made another mistake.

To top it (all) off, he made another mistake.

As if that were not enough, he made another mistake.

Things went from bad to worse when he made another mistake.


Hi, Jim

What about these? Do you think they can complement your list?

On top of th
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Beautiful! Good work!

By all means, let's add them to the list. Emotion: smile

CJ
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CalifJimBeautiful! Good work!


Thanks ! I'm flattered ))

Just doing my dead level best to get with the times as far as idioms are concerned
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Right on! Get with it, man!
Emotion: big smile
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To fuel the Already Flaming Fire

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