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
Merilyn-English
Sergeysyer-GYAY (Russian), seer-GYAY (Russian)Russian, Bulgarian
Astaroth-Literature
Seals[si:lz]
ZackeryZAK-ə-reeEnglish
KarynKER-ən, KAR-ənEnglish