rub salt in someone's wounds

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

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别名

rub salt in the wound

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make a painful situation even worse (even with the best of intentions).

    习语

    John already feels guilty for what he did to you. Don't rub salt into his wounds.

词源

From the practice of using salt to inhibit infection of open wounds.

来源：wiktionary