كيف تنطق "stick the knife in"

expression

STIK thuh NYFE in

st-IK thuh NYFE in

التعريف

To make a bad situation worse for someone, especially by saying or doing something unkind when they are already upset or defeated.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈstɪk/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈnaɪf/ /ˈɪn/, /ɪn

الإنجليزية البريطانية

stˈɪk/ /ðə, ði/ /nˈaɪf/ /ˈɪn

أمريكي

STIK thuh NYFE in

بريطاني

st-IK thuh NYFE in

Stop sticking the knife in—he already feels bad about losing.

When she laughed at his mistake, she really stuck the knife in.

There’s no need to stick the knife in after he apologized.

I felt bad enough, but then my brother really stuck the knife in by telling everyone about my mistake.