"stick the knife in" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 落井下石
• 火上浇油

Definition

在某人已经很糟的时候，再说或做让情况更糟、让对方更难受的事情。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

属于口语、比喻用法，通常指某人雪上加霜，让对方在本已受伤时更受打击。不可字面理解，不是暴力行为。

Examples

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

别再**落井下石**了——他已经因为失败很难受了。

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

她笑他犯错时，真是**火上浇油**。

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

他已经道歉了，没必要再**落井下石**。

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

我已经很难受了，我哥哥还把我的错误告诉大家，真是**落井下石**。

You don’t have to stick the knife in just because he failed his test again.

他又考砸了，你没必要再**火上浇油**。

After losing the game, hearing the crowd laugh just stuck the knife in even deeper.

输了比赛后，听到观众嘲笑让他更**难受**，真的**落井下石**。