open old wounds

open/reopen old wounds

to make someone remember an unpleasant event or situation that happened in the past For many soldiers who served in Vietnam, the current conflict has reopened old wounds.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hawk	[hɔ:k]
Noah	['nəuə]
Paula	POW-lah (German, Finnish, Spanish, Polish, Croatian), PAWL-ə (English), POW-lə (Portuguese), PAW-oo-law (Hungarian)	German, English, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish,
Danya (2)	-	Arabic
Lean	[li:n]
Lala	-	Bulgarian