a turn of the screw

an action which makes a bad situation worse, especially in order to force someone to do something Each letter from my bank manager is another turn of the screw.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Pascual	pahs-KWAHL	Spanish
Bisera	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian
Dorotea	do-ro-TE-ah (Italian, Spanish), DO-ro-te-ah (Finnish)	Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Croatian
Takashi	tah-kah-shee	Japanese
Cenric	-	Anglo-Saxon
Ragnhei&Eth;Ur	-	Icelandic