pile on the agony

(British & Australian informal)

to try to get sympathy from other people by making your problems seem worse than they really are (usually in continuous tenses) He was really piling on the agony, saying he was heart-broken and hadn't got anything left to live for.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ittai	-	Biblical
Jacquetta	[dʒə'ketə]
Michelle	mee-SHEL (French), mi-SHEL (English)	French, English, Dutch
Cecil	SEE-səl, SES-əl	English
Lilita	-	Latvian
Sassa	-	Swedish