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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.
What does the idiom to put salt on an open wound mean?
to make a bad thing worse
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.
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 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 duration of Salt in the Wound?
The duration of Salt in the Wound is 1.63 hours.
Can you put salt on a busted lip?
I dont know about Salt but you can out salt water on a busted lip although, it might sting a little. Doing this cleans the busted lip and gets the bacteria out of it.
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.
When was Salt in the Wound created?
Salt in the Wound was created on 1969-08-10.
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.
How does salt help canker sores?
NO hun salt doesn't kill a cold sore. It may aggravate it because salt does make wounds sting. The best thing for cold sores is over the couner cold sore cream like Abreva.
