make matters worse

US /meɪk ˈmætərz wɜrs/
UK /meɪk ˈmætərz wɜrs/
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aggraver les choses, empirer la situation

to make a bad situation even more unpleasant or difficult

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To make matters worse, it started raining heavily as soon as we left.
Pour aggraver les choses, il a commencé à pleuvoir abondamment dès que nous sommes partis.
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His rude comments only served to make matters worse during the tense meeting.
Ses commentaires impolis n'ont fait qu'aggraver les choses pendant la réunion tendue.
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add fuel to the fireaggravate the situationexacerbate the problemcompound the problemworsen the situation
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worsematterfor that matterthe worse for wearsubject matteras a matter of factwhite matter