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
Daniela	dahn-YE-lah (German)	Italian, German, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Portuguese, Spanish, Bulgarian, Macedonian, English
Zavanna	zə-VAN-ə	English (Rare)
Braam	BRAHM	Dutch, Limburgish
Rosanna	ro-ZAHN-nah (Italian), ro-ZAN-ə (English)	Italian, English
Eulalie	uu-la-LEE	French
Mijo	-	Croatian, Serbian