lick one's wounds

Recuperate from injuries or hurt feelings. For example, They were badly beaten in the debate and went home sadly to lick their wounds. This expression alludes to an animal's behavior when wounded. It was originally put as lick oneself clean or whole, dating from the mid-1500s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sioned	SHON-ed	Welsh
Hyginos	-	Ancient Greek
ŠTefica	-	Croatian
Rees	-	Welsh
Bleddyn	BLEDH-in	Welsh
Shimshon	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew