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.
See also: salt

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Noeminaw-E-mee (Italian)Italian, German, Czech, Biblical Latin
Hamilcarhə-MIL-kahr (English), HAM-il-kahr (English)Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History
FredrikFRED-rik (Swedish), FRED-reek (Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
Makana-Hawaiian
HiljaHEEL-yahFinnish
ConrÍ-Irish