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I Apologized Rub Embarrass Reminding Repeatedly Mistake Failure

idiom rub it in
synonyms embarrass even more by reminding repeatedly of some mistake, failure, etc.
translation ставить в еще более неловкое положение напоминаниями об ошибке, неудаче
full_example I know I shouldn't have done it, and I apologized. There is no need to <rub it in>.
partial_example I know I shouldn't have done it, and I apologized. There is no need to <...>.

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