rub salt in someone's wounds

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make a painful situation even worse (even with the best of intentions). idiomatic
    — John already feels guilty for what he did to you. Don't rub salt into his wounds.

词形变化

rubs salt in someone's wounds present,singular,third-person rubbing salt in someone's wounds participle,present rubbed salt in someone's wounds participle,past rubbed salt in someone's wounds past rub salt in the wound alternative

词源

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