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كيف تنطق "rub salt in the wound"

expression

RUB SAWLT in thuh WOOND
rub SOLT in thuh WOOND

التعريف

To make someone feel worse about something bad that has already happened, usually by reminding them of it or making an unkind comment.

نسخ IPA

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈɹəb/ /ˈsɔɫt/ /ˈɪn/, /ɪn/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈwaʊnd/, /ˈwund

الإنجليزية البريطانية

ɹˈʌb/ /sˈɒlt/ /ˈɪn/ /ðə, ði/ /wuːnd

نطق مبسط

أمريكي

RUB SAWLT in thuh WOOND

بريطاني

rub SOLT in thuh WOOND

استمع في السياق

Please don't rub salt in the wound by talking about my mistake again.

When he lost the game, his friends rubbed salt in the wound by laughing at him.

Telling her about your perfect score will rub salt in the wound after she failed the test.

He was already upset about losing his job, and you really rubbed salt in the wound by bringing up his old failures.