Rub-salt-in-the-wound Definition
verb
(idiomatic) To make an injury feel worse.
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Origin of Rub-salt-in-the-wound
Derived from the stingingly painful sensation of table salt deliberately being rubbed into an open, bleeding wound, as for torture, interrogation, etc.
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