rub salt into someone's wounds

rub salt into someone's wounds
rub salt into (someone's) wounds to make someone feel even worse about something.

It's too bad Charlie couldn't come, but let's not tell him they let us in for free — there's no point rubbing salt into his wounds.


New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • rub salt in someone's wounds — verb To make a painful situation even worse (even with the best of intentions). John already feels guilty for what he did to you. Dont rub salt into his wounds …   Wiktionary

  • rub salt into wounds — rub salt into (someone s) wounds to make someone feel even worse about something. It s too bad Charlie couldn t come, but let s not tell him they let us in for free there s no point rubbing salt into his wounds …   New idioms dictionary

  • 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 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

  • salt — 1 noun 1 (U) a natural white mineral that is added to food to make it taste better or to preserve it; sodium chloride technical: Try to reduce the amount of salt you use. | a pinch of salt | table salt (=very small grains of salt you use in… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • salt — salt1 W3S2 [so:lt US so:lt] n [: Old English; Origin: sealt] 1.) [U] a natural white mineral that is added to food to make it taste better or to preserve it ▪ This might need some salt and pepper. ▪ a pinch of salt (=a very small amount) ▪ Could… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • wound — 1 the past tense and past participle of wind 2 2 noun (C) 1 an injury, especially a cut or hole made in your skin by a weapon such as a knife or a bullet: A nurse cleaned and bandaged the wound. | gunshot wounds | flesh wound (=slight injury… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • wound — I VERB FORM OF WIND (Pronounced [[t]wa͟ʊnd[/t]] in wound 1, and [[t]wu͟ːnd[/t]] in wound 2.) Wound is the past tense and past participle of wind 2. II INJURY ♦♦ wounds, wounding, wounded (Pronounced [[t]wa͟ʊnd[/t]] in wound 1, and [[t]wu͟ːnd[/t]] …   English dictionary

  • wound — wound1 [waund] the past tense and past participle of ↑wind 2 wound 2 wound2 [wu:nd] n [: Old English; Origin: wund] 1.) an injury to your body that is made by a weapon such as a knife or a bullet ▪ A nurse cleaned and bandaged the wound. ▪ It… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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