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: It is an intolerable situation that a company (Amazon) that depends on the public services run by the state does not pay an appropriate level of taxes. To add insult to injury, this week it was reported that Amazon will also not be paying Britain’s new digital services tax because the US won’t do a trade deal if the UK were to impose such a levy. Instead small traders and advertisers using the site will be taxed.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article The Guardian view on Amazon’s dominance: we have to make different choices and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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