rub salt in the wound



rub salt in/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.
See also: rub, salt, wound

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Aspinal['æspinl]
Eira (1)-Welsh
Regan['ri:gən]
BrooklynBRUWK-linEnglish (Modern)
Connolly['kɔnəli:]
Asha (1)-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam