rub salt in someone's wounds
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Etymology[edit]
From the practice of using salt to inhibit infection of open wounds.
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Verb[edit]
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)