How is the phrase pour couronner le tout translated from French to English

English translation
To add insult to injury
phrase

Rendre une situation déjà mauvaise encore pire.

To make a bad situation even worse.

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  • Pour couronner le tout, ils nous ont fait payer. — To add insult to injury, they charged us.

  • Il est arrivé en retard et, pour couronner le tout, a oublié les billets. — He arrived late and, to add insult to injury, forgot the tickets.

  • Faut-il en plus que tu en rajoutes en riant ? — Do you have to add insult to injury by laughing?

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