salt in the/(one's) wound(s)

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salt in the/(one's) wound(s)

An aggravation that makes something unpleasant, difficult, or painful even worse. I can't believe Sally broke up with John the day after his team lost the championship match. Talk about salt in the wounds! My pride was already hurting when I didn't get the job, but it was like salt in my wound to hear that they gave it to Dave instead.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Vasili	vah-SEE-lee	Russian
Delora	də-LAWR-ə	English
Xandra	KSAHN-drah	Dutch
Barbara	BAHR-bər-ə (English), BAHR-brə (English), BAHR-bah-rah (German), bahr-BAH-rah (Polish)	English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian,
EirÍKr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Baltimore	['bɔ:ltimɔ:]