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rub salt in the wound

Verb

Meaning

rub salt in the wound (third-person singular simple present rubs salt in the wound, present participle rubbing salt in the wound, simple past and past participle rubbed salt in the wound)

(idiomatic) To make an injury, physical or emotional, feel worse.

Synonyms: add insult to injury, kick someone when they are down, twist the knife, rub it in; see also Thesaurus:make matters worse

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

It was only a matter of time for the US to make the breakthrough and to rub salt in the wound they hit two in two minutes. Source: Internet

Should Cavani inflict the final blow, it would only rub salt in the wound. Source: Internet

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