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
Evgeny	yev-GYE-nee, eev-GYE-nee	Russian
Lievin	-	Flemish
LabhrÁS	LOW-raws, LAV-raws	Irish
Cili	-	Hungarian
Makhmud	-	Uzbek, Kazakh, Chechen
Ljubo	LYOO-bo	Croatian, Serbian