rub salt into the wound | rub salt into somebody’s wounds

成語所屬單字rub

rub salt into the wound | rub salt into somebody’s wounds — 慣用語

1. To make a bad situation even worse for someone.

1.慣用語
釋義

雪上加霜

To make a bad situation even worse for someone.

例句

Losing the game was bad, but his teasing rubbed salt into the wound.

When Sara lost her job, her landlord raised the rent, rubbing salt into the wound.