add insult to injury

Hungarian translation: sérelmet sértéssel tetéz

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English term or phrase:add insult to injury
Hungarian translation:sérelmet sértéssel tetéz
Entered by: Ildiko Santana

04:58 Jan 27, 2013
English to Hungarian translations [Non-PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: add insult to injury
egy frappáns magyar megfelelőt szeretnék rá.
előre is köszönöm
MegyeriF
Local time: 03:51
sérelmet sértéssel tetéz
Explanation:
Néhány ötlet:
sérelmet sértéssel tetéz
olajat önt a tűzre
sót hint a sebre
sérelmet sérelemre halmoz
stb..
Eredete:
"The story was of a bald man who swats at a fly which has just bitten him on the head, but instead hits himself on the head. The fly comments, "You wished to kill me for a touch. What will you do to yourself since you have added insult to injury"."

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Note added at 21 mins (2013-01-27 05:20:10 GMT)
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A Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtár szótárában két variációt találunk rá:
http://mek.oszk.hu/00000/00076/html/eng-hun/a.htm
Itt is ugyanezek szerepelnek:
http://sek.nyme.hu/ttk/mszi/tf/Dokumentumok/Tananyag/Informa...
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Ildiko Santana
United States
Local time: 18:51
Grading comment
A szövegembe egyik sem megfelelő de köszönöm az ötleteket.
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4 +7sérelmet sértéssel tetéz
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sérelmet sértéssel tetéz


Explanation:
Néhány ötlet:
sérelmet sértéssel tetéz
olajat önt a tűzre
sót hint a sebre
sérelmet sérelemre halmoz
stb..
Eredete:
"The story was of a bald man who swats at a fly which has just bitten him on the head, but instead hits himself on the head. The fly comments, "You wished to kill me for a touch. What will you do to yourself since you have added insult to injury"."

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Note added at 21 mins (2013-01-27 05:20:10 GMT)
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A Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtár szótárában két variációt találunk rá:
http://mek.oszk.hu/00000/00076/html/eng-hun/a.htm
Itt is ugyanezek szerepelnek:
http://sek.nyme.hu/ttk/mszi/tf/Dokumentumok/Tananyag/Informa...

Ildiko Santana
United States
Local time: 18:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
A szövegembe egyik sem megfelelő de köszönöm az ötleteket.

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