Rub salt in the wound (Idiom) 🧂

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Rachel's English


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"Rub salt in the wound"
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Ouch! 
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This means to make someone's distress  or discomfort worse by reminding them  
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of something that caused pain or embarrassment.
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Bringing up her failed relationship right after  
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she lost her job was just rubbing  salt in the wound. Why do that? 
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She applied for a promotion and didn't get it? When she found out that her coworker who  
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she doesn't like, got it, it  just rubs salt in the wound.
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