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

English translation
make matters worse
phrase

Rendre une mauvaise situation encore pire.

To turn a bad situation into a worse one.

Examples with “aggraver les choses”

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  • Crier ne fait qu'aggraver les choses. — Shouting only makes matters worse.

  • Pour aggraver les choses, il s'est mis à pleuvoir. — To make matters worse, it started raining.

  • Ne t'excuse pas maintenant, tu vas aggraver les choses. — Don't apologise now, you'll make matters worse.

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