rub salt in someone's wounds

الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية

تعريف rub salt in someone's wounds في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.

To make a painful situation even worse (even with the best of intentions)

John already feels guilty for what he did to you. Don't rub salt into his wounds.

الواصلة

rub SALT in someone's wounds

التركية النطق

rʌb sôlt în sʌmwʌnz wundz

النطق

/ˈrəb ˈsôlt ən ˈsəmˌwənz ˈwo͞ondz/ /ˈrʌb ˈsɔːlt ɪn ˈsʌmˌwʌnz ˈwuːndz/

علم أصول الكلمات

() From the practice of using salt to inhibit infection of open wounds