How is the phrase piorar as coisas translated from Portuguese to English

English translation
make matters worse
phrase

Tornar uma situação má ainda pior.

To turn a bad situation into a worse one.

Examples with “piorar as coisas”

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  • Gritar só piora as coisas. — Shouting only makes matters worse.

  • Para piorar as coisas, começou a chover. — To make matters worse, it started raining.

  • Não peças desculpa agora, vais piorar as coisas. — Don't apologise now, you'll make matters worse.

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