Adding insult to injury

Yesterday I was playing ping pong when I felt a tremendous pain in my calf muscle (lower leg).  It felt like someone kicked me as hard as possible.  I ended up going to the hospital and found out that I detached my muscle.  The doctor said it wasn’t from one incident but from overuse.  I can understand that because I have been walking / cycling 6 days a week since the start of the year.  So, I wanted to post a related phrase today.
I would like to talk about adding insult to injury.  Thankfully, this didn’t happen to me.  An injury is already a bad situation, but it can always be made worse.  So, adding an insult to injury is when something is added to a situation to make it even worse.  This phrase can be used literally or figuratively.

Example (literal):  I tripped while walking with my friend.  Instead of helping me, he just laughed.  I don’t know why he added insult to injury.
Example (figurative):  This has been a bad week.  I lost my job and to add insult to injury, my husband wants a divorce. 

The probable origin of this phrase is a fable by Phaedrus in the first century BCE.  It was recorded in Aesop’s Fables.  The fable is called The Bald Man and the Fly.  In the story, a bald man tries to hit a fly that has been harassing him.  Unfortunately, he misses the fly and hits himself.  Then, the fly makes fun of him for hurting himself.  The story made its way into English in the 1700s.

Listen to the story here: https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/35/aesops-fables/368/the-bald-man-and-the-fly/

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