wound Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

lick your wounds

become healthy again, recover from a defeat After losing the election, he went home to lick his wounds.

rub salt in the wound

cause it to be worse, aggravate, add insult to injury If you criticize a student's work in front of the class, you are rubbing salt in the wound.

wound up

excited, pumped Before Nadia sings, she gets all wound up. She can't relax.

axe wound

vagina

The tongue wounds more than a lance.

Insults can be more hurtful than physical injuries.

Open old wounds

If you open old wounds, you revive a quarrel or problem that caused a lot of trouble in the past.

Salt in a wound

If you rub salt in a wound, you make someone feel bad about something that is already a painful experience. 'Pour salt on a wound' is an alternative form of the idiom.

rub salt into one's wounds|rub|salt|wound|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?

lick one's wounds

lick one's wounds
Recuperate from injuries or hurt feelings. For example, They were badly beaten in the debate and went home sadly to lick their wounds. This expression alludes to an animal's behavior when wounded. It was originally put as lick oneself clean or whole, dating from the mid-1500s.

An wound idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with wound, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context. Cùng học tiếng anh với từ điển Từ đồng nghĩa, cách dùng từ tương tự, Thành ngữ, tục ngữ wound

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