Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is add insult to injury and it is a phrase meaning “used to say when something makes a bad situation even worse; worsen, compound, exacerbate, aggravate”.
Example Sentence: After years of lecturing India, China, Indonesia and other members of the developing world about coal dependence, the UK – and Europe – is now turning to coal-powered generation to see it through the impending energy crisis caused by the Ukraine-Russia war. A blistering, shameful irony that only betrays how ill-prepared we really are for a clean energy future. And to add insult to injury, the government recently offered new licences to drill in the North Sea.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article Britain arrives at Cop27 in disarray over the climate – and the world’s leaders know it and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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