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
Motya	-	Russian
Daisy	['deizi]
Paulette	po-LET	French
Duygu	-	Turkish
PÁL	PAHL	Hungarian
Symeon	-	Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin