rub salt into one's wounds

[rub salt into one's wounds] {v. phr.}, {informal} To deliberately add pain when one feels shame, regret, or defeat.

* /Must you rub salt into my wounds by telling me how much fun I missed by not going to the party?/

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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