"add salt to injury" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: adds salt to injury [present, singular, third-person], adding salt to injury [participle, present], added salt to injury [participle, past], added salt to injury [past]
Etymology: By analogy with rub salt in the wound. Etymology templates: {{m|en|rub salt in the wound}} rub salt in the wound Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} add salt to injury (third-person singular simple present adds salt to injury, present participle adding salt to injury, simple past and past participle added salt to injury)
  1. Eggcorn of add insult to injury.
    Sense id: en-add_salt_to_injury-en-verb-qTm~Dnzq Categories (other): English eggcorns, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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