Meaning: wounds

waʊnd ,wuːnd
n.
any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or surgical incisiona casualty to military personnel resulting from combata figurative injury (to your feelings or pride)the act of inflicting a wound
v.
cause injuries or bodily harm tohurt the feelings of
adj.
put in a coil

lick wounds Idiom, Proverb

lick your wounds

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

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.

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.

lick (one's) wounds

To abjure afterwards a misstep or defeat in adjustment to recover. I anticipate the agent will be beating his wounds for a while afterwards that adverse agitation performance.Learn more: lick, wound

lick one's wounds

Fig. to balance from a defeat or a rebuke. (Also accurate for an animal.) After the abhorrent affair and all the criticism, I went aback to my appointment to lick my wounds.Learn more: lick, wound

lick (one's) wounds

To ameliorate afterwards a defeat.Learn more: lick, wound

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