lick your wounds

成語所屬單字lick

lick your wounds — 慣用語

1. To spend time recovering after a failure or disappointment.

1.慣用語
釋義

舔傷口;療傷

To spend time recovering after a failure or disappointment.

例句

After losing the election, the candidate went home to lick his wounds.

The team is licking its wounds after the heavy defeat.