echar sal en la herida

(v.) = add + salt to injury, add + salt to the wound, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound

Ex. Retailers are just adding salt to injury by rack up the price even more.

Ex. To add salt to the wound, weaknesses and vulnerabilities in computers have grown over 4 times in the past two years.

Ex. It seems McDonalds are seeking to add insult to injury by negotiating directly with non-union staff.

Ex. He even rubbed salt in the wound when he indicated that Obama could turn on that 'Negro dialect' whenever it suited his demagogic purposes.

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(v.) = add + salt to injury, add + salt to the wound, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound

Ex: Retailers are just adding salt to injury by rack up the price even more.

Ex: To add salt to the wound, weaknesses and vulnerabilities in computers have grown over 4 times in the past two years.

Ex: It seems McDonalds are seeking to add insult to injury by negotiating directly with non-union staff.

Ex: He even rubbed salt in the wound when he indicated that Obama could turn on that 'Negro dialect' whenever it suited his demagogic purposes.