bris mo chlaigeann air thùs, is an sin ciùrr mo chorrag

Scottish Gaelic

Proverb

bris mo chlaigeann air thùs, is an sin ciùrr mo chorrag

1. add insult to injury (lit: "first break my skull, then hurt my finger")
   • 1882, proverb, A collection of Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases : based on Macintosh's collection, page 70:

     Bris mo chlaigeann air thùs, 's an sin ciùrr mo chorrag.

     First break my skull, then hurt my finger.