雪上加霜

Meaning: To make a bad situation even worse.

Language: Chinese

Literally: To add frost on top of snow

Category: Nature

Origin: Frost settling over already-fallen snow pictures one hardship heaped upon another.

More idioms — Nature

• आसमान सिर पर उठाना — To raise a huge uproar.
• Pixar fora de test — To go off topic or be plainly mistaken.
• A se face luntre și punte — To do absolutely everything to help.
• Pasti s kruške — To be clueless and out of touch.
• Að leggja árar í bát — To give up and stop trying.
• Chover sobre mollado — Trouble piling on top of trouble.

More Chinese idioms

• 对牛弹琴 — Reasoning with someone who cannot understand.
• 画蛇添足 — To ruin something by adding unnecessary extras.
• 鸡同鸭讲 — Complete miscommunication; talking past each other.
• 脱裤子放屁 — Doing something completely unnecessary and pointless.
• 老虎屁股摸不得 — Don't provoke someone powerful or dangerous.
• 半斤八两 — Six of one, half a dozen of the other — equally bad.

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