salt in the/(one's) wound(s)
salt in the/(one's) wound(s)
An aggravation that makes something unpleasant, difficult, or painful even worse. I can't believe Sally broke up with John the day after his team lost the championship match. Talk about salt in the wounds! My pride was already hurting when I didn't get the job, but it was like salt in my wound to hear that they gave it to Dave instead.
See also: salt
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- find (something) out the hard way
- come to a bad end
- come to a bad/sticky end
- be tainted by (something)
- from bad to worse
- limit
- will be the death of
- (someone or something) is going to be the death of (one)
- (someone or something) will be the death of (one)