How is the phrase empeorar las cosas translated from Spanish to English

English translation
make matters worse
phrase

Convertir una mala situación en una peor.

To turn a bad situation into a worse one.

Examples with “empeorar las cosas”

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  • Gritar solo empeora las cosas. — Shouting only makes matters worse.

  • Para empeorar las cosas, empezó a llover. — To make matters worse, it started raining.

  • No te disculpes ahora, vas a empeorar las cosas. — Don't apologise now, you'll make matters worse.

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