Wiktionary
made matters worse
vb. (en-pastmake matters worse)
Usage examples of "made matters worse".
This just made matters worse, infuriating an already defiant population, and as fast as troopers put the rebellion down in one place, it just popped up in another, regrouping and re-forming faster than it could be dispersed.
The shock that she had )ust received upon finding herself pinned in the dark by a man's unyielding arm had only made matters worse.
The Russkis only made matters worse by not paving any of their stinking roads.