rub salt in the wound
To aggravate or exacerbate a physical or emotional injuryTo aggravate or exacerbate a physical or emotional injury.
» To rub salt in someone's wounds.
Сыпать соль на рану. — Debor
Сипати сіль на рану. — seveleu_dubrovnik
breadandroses89 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To aggravate or exacerbate a physical or emotional injury.
Salz in die Wunde streuen, den Finger in die Wunde legen
сы́пать соль на ра́нуsýpatʹ solʹ na ránu
Examples
8 sentencesTo rub salt in someone's wounds.
Сипати сіль на рану. — seveleu_dubrovnik
ruСыпать соль на рану. — Debor
Rub salt in the wound.
Сипати сіль на рану. — seveleu_dubrovnik
ruСыпать соль на рану. — Debor
deSalz in die Wunde streuen. — Sudajaengi
I rubbed salt in the wound.
You don’t need to rub salt in the wound.
ruНе нужно сыпать соль на рану. — marafon
deDu mußt nicht noch Salz in die Wunde streuen. — Waldelfe
It wasn't nice of you to rub salt into his wound with that remark of yours.
ruС твоей стороны было нехорошо сыпать соль ему на рану, отпуская подобные замечания. — marafon
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Derived from the stinging sensation of salt deliberately being rubbed into an open, bleediDerived from the stinging sensation of salt deliberately being rubbed into an open, bleeding wound.
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Forms
rubs salt in the wound, rubbing salt in the wound, rubbed salt in the wound, rubbed salt in the wound| Base form | rub salt in the wound · to rub salt in the wound |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | rubs salt in the wound |
| Present participle | rubbing salt in the wound |
| Past simple | rubbed salt in the wound |
| Past participle | rubbed salt in the wound |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | rub salt in the wound |
| he, she, it | rubs salt in the wound |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | rubbed salt in the wound |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have rubbed salt in the wound |
| he, she, it | has rubbed salt in the wound |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will rub salt in the wound |
Synonyms
16 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.