rub salt in the wound (English, verb)
expansion: rub salt in the wound (third-person singular simple present rubs salt in the wound, present participle rubbing salt in the wound, simple past and past participle rubbed salt in the wound)
Senses:
glosses: To aggravate or exacerbate a physical or emotional injury.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: rubs salt in the wound
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rubbing salt in the wound
tags: participle
present
form: rubbed salt in the wound
tags: participle
past
form: rubbed salt in the wound
tags: past
form: rub salt in someone's wounds
tags: alternative
form: rub salt into the wound
tags: alternative
form: rub salt into the wounds
tags: alternative