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salt in the woundSomething that increases someone's pain.Rate it:

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rub salt in the woundTo make an injury feel worse.Rate it:

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close upTo heal a cut or other wound.Rate it:

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stop an eight-day clock and throw it into reverseBefore batteries and household electricity were used to power clocks, most clocks had to be wound by hand to keep operating. Eight-day clocks were designed so they only had to be wound every eighth day and the movement only turned in a clockwise direction. Therefore, someone with an appearance objectionable enough to stop the clock and send the movement spinning in the wrong and opposite direction would be ugly indeed.Rate it:

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mortiferam plagam alicui infligereto inflict a mortal wound on some one.Rate it:

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refricare vulnus, cicatricem obductamto open an old wound.Rate it:

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vulnus infligere alicuito wound a person (also used metaphorically).Rate it:

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