字面意思是“在受伤之后又受到侮辱”。形容在本来就很糟糕的情况下，又发生了一件让事情变得更糟或更丢脸的事。

• First my car broke down, and then, to add insult to injury, it started raining. ^{先是车坏了，接着又下起雨来，真是雪上加霜。}
• To add insult to injury, they fired him on his birthday. ^{更过分的是，他们竟然在他在生日那天解雇了他。}
• The team lost the game, and to add insult to injury, their star player got injured. ^{球队输掉了比赛，雪上加霜的是，他们的明星球员还受伤了。}