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add insult to injury

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Inglés		Español
add insult to injury v expr	figurative (make bad situation worse)	para colmo de males expr
	They got lost in the woods. Then, to add insult to injury, they were out of food.
	Se perdieron en el bosque y, para colmo de males, se quedaron sin comida.
		poner sal en la herida expr
		peor todavía loc adv
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Se estropeó el GPS, y para poner sal en la herida, no teníamos mapa.

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