Verschlimmbesserung
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Watercooler
Piney — 5 years ago(January 07, 2021 12:01 AM)
If you tried to comfort yourself with ice-cream and it fell on the ground, it can only be described as Verschlimmbesserung. While this German word doesn't have a simple literal translation, it describes an attempt at improving a bad or hopeless situation, but this attempt only makes things worse.