Last Updated :2025/11/22

rub salt in the wound

Verb
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
(比喩的に)怪我や心の傷を、さらに悪化させる、追い打ちをかける。
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彼に愛していなかったと言うだけでもつらかったのに、彼女の反応を笑い、さらに追い打ちをかけるとは残酷だった。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

past

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(idiomatic) To make an injury, physical or emotional, feel worse.

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rub salt in the wound

It was one thing to tell her he had never loved her, but to then laugh at her reaction and rub salt in the wound was cruel.

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It was one thing to tell her he had never loved her, but to then laugh at her reaction and rub salt in the wound was cruel.

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