rub salt in the wound

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To aggravate or exacerbate a physical or emotional injury. idiomatic
    — To rub further salt into the wound, the narrow-gauge locomotives and rolling stock received the new corporate blue livery and double arrows logo.

词形变化

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

词源

Derived from the stinging sensation of salt deliberately being rubbed into an open, bleeding wound.
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