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What does the phrase ''rub salt in an open wound'' mean?
To make an injury or insult worse, like how salt hurts open wounds. Have you ever cut your anything and walked into the ocean?
Can you use salt rinse on infected lip piercing?
If by salt rinse you mean saline solution, then yes. You can use saline solution on any open wound to clean it.
Rubbing salt in a open wound?
People did that because it helped stop the wound rotting. Now people talk about it because it stings mightily.
Adding insult to injury is said to be like rubbing what in the wound?
The phrase "adding insult to injury " (making a bad situation worse) can be intentional or coincidental. However, the idiom "rubbing salt in the wound" usually means deliberately making something painful even more painful (as salt would be to broken skin).
When was Salt the Wound created?
Salt the Wound was created in 2001.
When did Salt the Wound end?
Salt the Wound ended in 2010.
What is the duration of Salt in the Wound?
The duration of Salt in the Wound is 1.63 hours.
Should you tell ex literally You would be pouring salt on me into an open wound?
The term "Pouring salt in an open wound", means that you are causing hurt to something that already hurts. If your ex has hurt you and they keep hurting you and you want them to stop, then yes by all means tell them.
What does rubbing salt into a wound mean?
it means to make something more painfull
When was Salt in the Wound created?
Salt in the Wound was created on 1969-08-10.
What does with grain and salt idiom mean?
To take something that someone says with a grain of salt means that you should not necessarily believe everything he/she tells you.
What does the saying 'rub salt into the wound' mean?
If someone is in a bad situation, "rubbing salt into the wound" means to aggravate that situation: make it worse. This is an idiomatic extension of the actual physical pain one experiences if an open wound is exposed to salt.
