rub salt in the wound

Etymology
Derived from the stinging sensation of salt deliberately being rubbed into an open, bleeding wound.

Verb

 * 1)  To make an injury, physical or emotional, feel worse.

Usage notes

 * For, one can substitute verbs such as , , , possibly requiring a change in the preposition.
 * See for variations in that portion of the expression.

Translations

 * Bengali: কাটা ঘায়ে নুনের ছিটে
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Crimean Tatar: carağa tuz basmaq
 * Finnish: vääntää veistä haavassa
 * French:
 * German: Salz in die Wunde streuen, den Finger in die Wunde legen
 * Greek: ρίχνω αλάτι στην πληγή, ξύνω πληγές
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: जले पर नमक छिड़कना
 * Hungarian: sót dörzsöl a sebbe
 * Italian: mettere il dito nella piaga
 * Japanese: 傷口に塩を塗る
 * Korean: 불난 집에 부채질
 * Marathi: जखमेवर मिठ चोळणे
 * Norwegian: strø salt i såret
 * Polish: posypywać rany solą, posypać rany solą
 * Portuguese:, pôr o dedo na ferida
 * Romanian: a pune sare pe rană
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: frotar sal en la herida, hurgar en la herida, meter el dedo en la herida, hechar sal en la herida
 * Swedish: strö salt i såren
 * Turkish: yaraya tuz basmak