salt in a wound

salt in a wound
Salt in a wound
If you rub salt in a wound, you make someone feel bad about something that is already a painful experience. 'Pour salt on a wound' is an alternative form of the idiom.

The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.

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  • salt in a wound —    If you rub salt in a wound, you make someone feel bad about something that is already a painful experience. Pour salt on a wound is an alternative form of the idiom.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • rub salt into the wound — informal phrase to make a bad situation even worse for someone Thesaurus: to make something worsesynonym Main entry: rub * * * rub salt into the (or someone s) wound make a painful experience even more painful for someone …   Useful english dictionary

  • rub salt into the wound — ► rub salt into the wound make a painful experience even more painful. Main Entry: ↑salt …   English terms dictionary

  • rub salt in a wound — To aggravate someone s sorrow, shame, regret, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑salt …   Useful english dictionary

  • rub salt in the wound — cause it to be worse, aggravate, add insult to injury    If you criticize a student s work in front of the class, you are rubbing salt in the wound …   English idioms

  • rub salt in the wound — to make a difficult situation even worse for someone. Losing was bad enough, having to watch them receiving the trophy just rubbed salt into the wound …   New idioms dictionary

  • rub salt into the wound — to make a difficult situation even worse for someone. Losing was bad enough, having to watch them receiving the trophy just rubbed salt into the wound …   New idioms dictionary

  • salt — ► NOUN 1) (also common salt) sodium chloride, a white crystalline substance which gives seawater its characteristic taste and is used for seasoning or preserving food. 2) Chemistry any compound formed by the reaction of an acid with a base, with… …   English terms dictionary

  • rub salt into the wound — place salt on an injury, make a matter worse than it already is …   English contemporary dictionary

  • rub salt into the wound — make a painful experience even more painful. → salt …   English new terms dictionary

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