Rub salt into someone's wounds

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Rub salt into someone's wounds

Figuratively: to harm someone by an act or word that adds to a previous pain and thereby increases their suffering.

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זָרָה מֶלַח עַל הַפְּצָעִים

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בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: פָּגַע בּוֹ בְּמַעֲשֶׂה אוֹ דִּבּוּר הַמִּתְוַסֵּף לִכְאֵב קוֹדֵם וּבְכָךְ הִגְדִּיל אֶת כְּאֵבוֹ.

(הָעִבְרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה)

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figurative salt pain sprinkled wounds

Rub salt into someone's wounds

Figuratively: to harm someone by an act or word that adds to a previous pain and thereby increases their suffering.

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