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rub salt in the wound
verb as in add insult to injury
Example Sentences
Scotland only took a minute to rub salt in the wound.
He attributes the problem in part to low pay, and he has watched districts in neighboring states, like Texas and Nevada, rub salt in the wound by advertising their teaching salaries on social media and on billboards along Arizona highways.
To rub salt in the wound, KakaoTalk had already created Android, iOS, and watchOS versions of its app.
Abandoning your home is difficult under any circumstances, but the language seems to rub salt in the wound.
To rub salt in the wound, in the June 2020 Democratic primary, Silverman endorsed challenger Janeese Lewis George over Brandon Todd, the Ward 4 incumbent.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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