You can pile on the agony, drama, etc. I think the pronoun in 'pile it on' implies some such word.If you pile it on, you keep adding or saying things to make the other person feel bad. (I would always say pile it on, but others may be not)
Thanks for that, but if you are quoting from a dictionary, please name your source. We need to be careful about copyright infringement.pile/lay it on (thick); lay it on with a trowel (colloquial)
to exaggarate: Lay it on thick; flatter the fool. Tell him he's divinely handsome.
pile/put on the agony (colloquial)
1) to exaggarate one's pain, problems etc: He was piling on the agony about his childhood.
2) to make things worse: Far from healing any distress, such dreadful suggestions pile on the agony.
It's not really the same thing. "Pile on" has been explained, but "rub it in" hasn't.What's "pile on" mean?
Is it similar to "rub it in"?
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