Idiom of the Day
rub salt in (someone's) wound
to deliberately make someone's unhappiness or shame or misfortune worse
My supervisor rubbed salt in my wound when he continued to criticize me for my mistake.
Fact
From the 1500's to the 1700's, tobacco was prescribed by doctors to treat a variety of ailments including headaches, toothaches, arthritis and bad breath.
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