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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.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoHave you ever gotten salt or salt water into a cut or scrape? It hurts, doesn't it? This saying means that you're doing or saying something that makes an already "sore" place hurt even worse. An example might be if a friend just broke up with their girlfriend or boyfriend, and you say "Wow, your breath sure stinks - I can see why they left." They could say, "Gee, why don't you just rub salt into my wound?"
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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?
What is the meaning of the phrase rub salt in your wounds?
during the ealier centuries, when England WA developing their navy, most sailors where pressganged into service. while at sea, punishment was often lashes with a cat'o'nine tails. These whippings would usually break open the skin, and salt was rubbed into the wound to help stave of infection. Of course, rubbing salt into an open wound would sting like crazy. So in modern times, rubbing salt in your wound, generally means just adding more pain and suffering.
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The term rub the wrong way is actually another way of saying aggravate, annoy, bother, disturb or irritate. It based on the idea if you rub a cat's fur the wrong way, you annoy it.
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