turn of the screw

Something that worsens an already difficult or negative situation. Seeing my ex-boyfriend with his new girlfriend is just another turn of the screw. My financial situation is already dire, so that traffic ticket is a real turn of the screw.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hanna (1)	HAHN-nah (Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian), HAH-nah (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, German, Dutch, Icelandic, Hungar
Yotam	-	Biblical Hebrew
Farran	FAR-ən	English (Rare)
Hind	-	Arabic
Anghel	-	Romanian
Ctirad	-	Czech, Slovak