Add Insult to Injury——落井下石

**harm a person and then insult him（先傷害一個人，然後侮辱他）// worsen a bad situation（使壞情況惡化）// inflame a tense situation（加劇緊張局勢）// exacerbate（使惡化）

~~雪上加霜；落井下石；火上澆油；往傷口上撒鹽；打罵相加；越發糟糕；更糟的是……

~~ heap insult on injury // put(rub) salt on(in) the wound // add fuel to the fire // pour/throw gas on the fire // twist/turn the knife in the wound

!! In a Greek fable by Aesop, a bald man tried to kill a fly that had bitten him on his head and missed the fly, smacking himself instead. The fly said: "You wanted to kill me for a mere touch. What will you do to yourself, now that you have added insult to injury?"

（在伊索的希臘寓言中，一個禿頭男子試圖殺死一隻已經叮着他頭部的蒼蠅，男子未能擊中蒼蠅，反而揍了自己一下。蒼蠅說：“我僅僅碰你一下你就想殺死我，你已經在傷害上〔被叮〕加了侮辱〔自揍〕，你還要對自己做甚麼嗎？”）

>> Ahmed has dominated the whole boxing match with a knock-down win, and he said to the defeated, "You low-down loser." This adding insult to injury kind of language should be a no-no in any sport.

（亞邁德控制了全場拳擊比賽，並擊倒對手，他對落敗者說“你是低等對手”。這種落井下石的說話不應在任何比賽中出現。）

>> The T When the economy is in a major recession, the government should take measures to revitalize the economy, not to continue a vicious circle of tightening, which adds insult to injury to our local economy.

（當經濟大衰退時，政府應採取振興經濟的措施，而非繼續惡性循環的緊縮，令當地經濟雪上加霜。）

學勤進修教育中心英語專科導師 李啟文　　教授