How is the phrase aggraver les choses translated from French to English

English translation
Add insult to injury
phrase

Rendre une mauvaise situation encore pire.

To make a bad situation even worse.

Examples with “aggraver les choses”

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  • Pour aggraver les choses, il s'est mis à pleuvoir après qu'on a raté le bus. — To add insult to injury, it started raining after we missed the bus.

  • N'aggrave pas les choses en te moquant de lui. — Don't add insult to injury by laughing at him.

  • Perdre aussi le billet aggraverait encore la situation. — Losing the ticket too would add insult to injury.

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