twist the knife

To add to, exacerbate, or amplify a betrayal or wrong by further malicious actions. He said it was over, and then he twisted the knife and said he had never loved me.

twist the knife

twist the knife in the wound

If someone twists the knife or twists the knife in the wound, they deliberately do or say something which make a situation even worse for someone who is upset or experiencing problems. Her daughter managed to twist the knife still further by claiming Nancy never loved her. To twist the knife in the wound, he appears to have cast doubt on whether Gray's invention was really his own idea. Note: You can also talk about a twist of the knife. Any cut-backs on the ceremony would be a further twist of the knife for bereaved families.

twist (or turn) the knife

deliberately make someone's grief or problems worse.

1991 Mavis Nicholson Martha Jane & Me While she and I were playing the cat-and-mouse game of these stories, I would sometimes, just to twist the knife a little further, ask about the little girl's father.

turn/twist the ˈknife (in the wound)

deliberately remind somebody of something they are already upset about, and so upset them even more: After the divorce, her friend turned the knife in the wound by saying she had always thought that the marriage wouldn’t last. All right. I know I was stupid. You don’t have to twist the knife.

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释义	twist the knife twist the knife To add to, exacerbate, or amplify a betrayal or wrong by further malicious actions. He said it was over, and then he twisted the knife and said he had never loved me. See also: knife, twist Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. twist the knife or twist the knife in the wound If someone twists the knife or twists the knife in the wound, they deliberately do or say something which make a situation even worse for someone who is upset or experiencing problems. Her daughter managed to twist the knife still further by claiming Nancy never loved her. To twist the knife in the wound, he appears to have cast doubt on whether Gray's invention was really his own idea. Note: You can also talk about a twist of the knife. Any cut-backs on the ceremony would be a further twist of the knife for bereaved families. See also: knife, twist Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. twist (or turn) the knife deliberately make someone's grief or problems worse. 1991 Mavis Nicholson Martha Jane & Me While she and I were playing the cat-and-mouse game of these stories, I would sometimes, just to twist the knife a little further, ask about the little girl's father. See also: knife, twist Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary turn/twist the ˈknife (in the wound) deliberately remind somebody of something they are already upset about, and so upset them even more: After the divorce, her friend turned the knife in the wound by saying she had always thought that the marriage wouldn’t last. All right. I know I was stupid. You don’t have to twist the knife. See also: knife, turn, twist Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: turn the knife turn/twist the knife keep your friends close and your enemies closer stirring sup with the devil dine with the devil do more harm than good insult add insult to injury References in periodicals archive The ex-Cabinet minister continued to twist the knife today with a call for Mr Blair to step down and organise an ``elegant hand-over'' - presumably to Chancellor Gordon Brown. Call for Blair to publish Iraq `law' As ever, Deirdre was first to twist the knife. "I was up against the whole thing from the start," she told Tracy, but was she referring to Tracy's relationship? Ian Hyland's TV Week:DOH! DEV'S BEEN STITCHED UP It's as if he wants to twist the knife into my family. I'LL STOP HIS BLOOD MONEY.. Yeovil, struggling in the League Two relegation zone, had forced a replay with a last-gasp equaliser in the first tie played at Blackpool's Bloomfield Road because of flood damage to Carlisle's pitch and they had the chance to twist the knife on their Cumbrian visitors again in the dying seconds last night. So there's a kind of Huish.. well, the real Nicholas remains missing - and Bourdin was able to twist the knife one more time to give this film an all too rare, powerful ending. The Imposter "Spain supremacy did us as a string of four-figured buys multiplied up to twist the knife." Football: Spain rain in the goals to hammer layers again; WORLD CUP DIARY This time around it was East Fife's turn to twist the knife and they did it with the last kick of the ball. Football: Clift-hanger as Albion go so close He said the CHI report had given an opportunity for critics to twist the knife and force changes at the hospital but the problems had deep roots within the NHS. New chief will not solve trust's problems It was the first time City had lost a League match against Stockport and just to twist the knife in the wound, it's County who have a chance of Premiership football next season - they are now handily placed in seventh. Clark slams flops By March, even Major's friends will be stabbing him in the front and it will be left to the voters to twist the knife. Sunday Mail Opinion; Voice of Scotland
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