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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