rub salt in a wound



rub salt in a wound

Fig. to deliberately make someone's unhappiness, shame, or misfortune worse. Don't rub salt in the wound by telling me how enjoyable the party was. Bill is feeling miserable about losing his job and Bob is rubbing salt into the wound by saying how good his replacement is.
See also: rub, salt, wound

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bassem-Arabic
RenṙenJapanese
Chidike-Western African, Igbo
Damianodah-MYAH-noItalian
Miro-Slovene, Croatian
Abbey['æbi]