泣きっ面に蜂なきつらにはち

expression, noun

making matters worse; adding insult to injury

Proverbial expression used when one misfortune is followed by another, like a bee stinging a tearful face. Often used in the phrase 泣きっ面に蜂だ.

• 財さい布ふを落おとした上うえに、雨あめまで降ふってきた。泣なきっ面つらに蜂はちだ。

  I lost my wallet, and on top of that it started raining. It's like adding insult to injury.

• 彼かれは失しつ恋れんした翌よく日じつに仕し事ごともクビになった。まさに泣なきっ面つらに蜂はちだった。

  The day after his heartbreak, he got fired from his job. It was truly making matters worse.