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rub salt in the wound

vb. (context idiomatic English) To make an injury, physical or emotional, feel worse.

Usage examples of "rub salt in the wound".

And too tender a pride, as well, to let them rub salt in the wound of being the tavern wench's bastard.

And too tender a pride, as well, to let them rub salt in the wound of being the tavern wench’.