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
Yechi'el-Biblical Hebrew
Fredrikafred-REE-kah (Swedish), FRED-ree-kah (Finnish)Swedish, Finnish
LahjaLAHH-yahFinnish
Shakeel-Arabic
Vilhelms-Latvian
HenryHEN-reeEnglish