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Icelandic
Etymology
Literally "to add gray on top of black".
Verb
bæta gráu ofan á svart (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bætti gráu ofan á svart, supine bætt gráu ofan á svart)
- (idiomatic) to make matters worse; to make something worse
- Hún var mjög dónaleg í gær og bætti bara gráu ofan á svart með því að biðjast ekki afsökunar. ― She was very rude yesterday and made matters worse by not apologizing.
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