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rub salt in someone's wounds
Verb
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
（慣用句）困難や苦しい状況において、すでに悪化している状態をさらにひどくする行為。たとえば、誤って不運な個人の状況を悪化させる行動を指す。 / 象徴的に、すでに傷ついている人に対して、無神経な言動でその痛みを増幅させる様子を示す。
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(idiomatic) To make a painful situation even worse (even with the best of intentions).
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rub salt in someone's wounds
Telling her about the promotion after she'd just been laid off would rub salt in someone's wounds.
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Telling her about the promotion after she'd just been laid off would rub salt in someone's wounds.
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