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rub salt in/into someone's wounds — (or rub salt in/into the wound) informal : to make a difficult situation even worse for someone It s bad enough that he beat me, but the way he keeps talking about it is just rubbing salt in the wound. • • • Main Entry: ↑rub rub salt in/into… … Useful english dictionary
sail into someone — AND light into someone in. to beat or scold someone. □ Jimmy’s mother really sailed into him for breaking the window. □ Jimmy lit into the cat for getting in the way … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
lay into someone — lay into (someone) to attack someone physically or with words. First the two kids just yelled but soon they laid into each other with hard punches. My sister really laid into me for borrowing her dress without asking first … New idioms dictionary
put ideas into someone's head — put ideas into (someone s) head to make someone want to do something they had not thought about doing before, especially something stupid. Don t go putting ideas into his head. We haven t got the money for a car. (often in continuous tenses) Who… … New idioms dictionary
pump bullets into someone — informal pump someone full of lead phrase to shoot someone many times with a gun Thesaurus: to shoot someone or somethingsynonym types of gun and general words for gunhyponym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
have (your) knife into (someone) — British & Australian, informal to try to cause problems for someone because you do not like them. Mike s had his knife into me ever since he found out I was seeing his ex girlfriend … New idioms dictionary
launch into someone — launch into (someone) to criticize someone severely. He launched into me for not having called or e mailed in a long time … New idioms dictionary
rub salt into someone's wounds — rub salt into (someone s) wounds to make someone feel even worse about something. It s too bad Charlie couldn t come, but let s not tell him they let us in for free there s no point rubbing salt into his wounds … New idioms dictionary
get your hooks into someone — informal phrase to get someone and keep them in a situation that is bad for them Thesaurus: to limit someone s freedom to actsynonym Main entry: hook … Useful english dictionary
into — in|to [ ıntə, ıntu, strong ıntu ] preposition *** 1. ) used for showing movement a ) entering a place, building, or vehicle: She got into her car and drove away. Hundreds of athletes marched into the stadium for the opening ceremony. I wandered… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
