rub salt into the wound | rub salt into somebody’s wounds

成語所屬單字wound

rub salt into the wound | rub salt into somebody’s wounds — 慣用語

1. To make a bad situation even worse for someone.

1.慣用語
釋義

在傷口上撒鹽

To make a bad situation even worse for someone.

例句

Losing the game was bad, but his teasing rubbed salt into the wound.

Don't rub salt into the wound by reminding her of the failure.