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Expression: Add insult to injury
I was having difficulty coming up with an example to explain the phrase add insult to injury, but Japan gave me a perfect example.
What should have been a happy day turned out to be quite the opposite.
The Japanese national soccer team, Samurai Blue, could only add insult to injury by playing such a passive game at Volgograd Stadium at the Russian World Cup.
First, let me explain the term, add insult to injury.
It means to make a bad situation worse through one’s actions.
Nobody expected Japan to win the World Cup in Russia.
We did, however, expect Japan to represent this country respectfully.
I, myself, expected them to wear the Hinomaru with pride.
Instead, they disappointed me.
One of the great things about this edition of the World Cup is that the smaller teams are playing very well and giving the traditionally strong teams a run for their money.
It proves that nothing is a sure thing, and nothing can be taken for granted at a World Cup.
After all, that is why they play the games; no outcome is guaranteed until the final whistle.
It never seemed like Japan would defeat Poland, and then, to add insult to injury, they played the game like it was fixed.
They intentionally wasted the last 30 minutes of a World Cup game and deserved every boo they received.
Furthermore, to add insult to injury, Japan advanced due to the new fair play rule.
What’s fair about intentionally losing a World Cup game?
A team wins as a team and loses as a team.
All the players and coaches are responsible for this shameful intentional loss on the most critical world stage soccer offers.
There is no shame in playing hard and not achieving success – we teach our children to do their best, and that is enough.
Samurai Blue intentionally played passively as a team.
As a team, they wear the shame.
As a team, they will wear this shame for years and years to come.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least an 8th-grade education (age 13 – 14).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 69.
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