salt in the wound
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
salt in the wound (uncountable)
- (idiomatic) Something that increases someone's pain.
Usage notes[edit]
- The can be replaced by a or a possessive.
- Wound can appear as a plural.
- In can be replaced by prepositions such as into, on, to, and from, the latter changing the sense, but staying within the metaphor.