輪わをかける

expression, ichidan verb

exceed; be even more; exaggerate

Used to say that something goes beyond a certain level, often in a negative or emphatic way. Common in the pattern ～に輪をかけて.

• 彼かれの怠なまけ癖ぐせは兄あにに輪わをかけている。

  His laziness is even worse than his brother's.

• 今年ことしの暑あつさは去きょ年ねんに輪わをかけて厳きびしい。

  This year's heat is even more severe than last year's.