Don't rub salt in the wound by telling me how enjoyable the party was.
•Bill is feeling miserable about losing his job and Bob is rubbing salt into the wound by saying how good his replacement is.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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 a wound — To aggravate someone s sorrow, shame, regret, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑salt … Useful english 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 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
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
salt in a wound — If you rub salt in a wound, you make someone feel bad about something that is already a painful experience. Pour salt on a wound is an alternative form of the idiom … The small dictionary of idiomes
