"rub salt in someone's wounds" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-rub salt in someone's wounds.ogg [Australia] Forms: rubs salt in someone's wounds [present, singular, third-person], rubbing salt in someone's wounds [participle, present], rubbed salt in someone's wounds [participle, past], rubbed salt in someone's wounds [past]
Etymology: From the practice of using salt to inhibit infection of open wounds. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rub salt in someone's wounds (third-person singular simple present rubs salt in someone's wounds, present participle rubbing salt in someone's wounds, simple past and past participle rubbed salt in someone's wounds)
  1. (idiomatic) To make a painful situation even worse (even with the best of intentions). Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: rub salt in the wound
    Sense id: en-rub_salt_in_someone's_wounds-en-verb-1gP9RNft Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "John already feels guilty for what he did to you. Don't rub salt into his wounds."
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        "(idiomatic) To make a painful situation even worse (even with the best of intentions)."
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