- 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. 2014.
rub salt in the wound
Look at other dictionaries:
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 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 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
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
rub salt in the wound — verb To make an injury feel worse. Syn: add insult to injury, kick someone when they are down … Wiktionary
rub salt into the wound — informal to make a bad situation even worse for someone … English dictionary
rub salt into somebody's wounds — rub ˈsalt into the wound | rub ˈsalt into sb s wounds idiom to make a difficult experience even more difficult for sb Main entry: ↑rubidiom … Useful english dictionary
rub salt in/into someone's wounds — (or rub salt in/into the wound) informal : to make a difficult situation even worse for someone It s bad enough that he beat me, but the way he keeps talking about it is just rubbing salt in the wound. • • • Main Entry: ↑rub rub salt in/into… … Useful english dictionary
