英语词汇add insult to injury的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	add insult to injury
词源	add insult to injury. One of the oldest of expressions, this goes back to an early fable of Aesop, in which a bald man tried to kill a fly on his head and missed the fly, smacking himself in- stead. Said the fly: “You wanted to kill me for a mere touch. What will you do to yourself, now that you have added insult to injury.”
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