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Salt Rub Wound Difficult Unpleasant Situation Make Things

Phrase/Idiom rub salt into the wound
Definition If you are in a difficult or unpleasant situation and somebody rubs salt into the wound, they do or say something to make things worse.
Example Mentioning her ex just rubbed salt into the wound.

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