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Thesaurus: twisting the knife

Adding insult to injury; rubbing salt in the wounds; making a bad situation worse. > As if the Eurozone crisis wasn't hard enough on the public, the politicians' apparent lack of concern has been twisting the knife.

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  1. Adding insult to injury; rubbing salt in the wounds; making a bad situation worse. > As if the Eurozone crisis wasn't hard enough on the public, the politicians' apparent lack of concern has been twisting the knife.