rub someone's nose in it Идиома
rub someone's nose in it
rub someone's nose in it Bring something, especially an error or fault, repeatedly and forcefully to someone's attention. For example,
I know I was wrong, but don't rub my nose in it. This expression alludes to the unkind practice of housebreaking a dog by rubbing its nose in its feces. [Mid-1900s]
rub (one's) adenoids in it
To admonish one of one's failures or wrongdoings. Whenever I accomplish a mistake, my abhorrent accessory is consistently acquisitive to rub my adenoids in it.Learn more: nose, rubrub someone's adenoids in it
Bring something, abnormally an absurdity or fault, again and angrily to someone's attention. For example, I apperceive I was wrong, but don't rub my adenoids in it. This announcement alludes to the barbarous convenance of housebreaking a dog by abrading its adenoids in its feces. [Mid-1900s] Learn more: nose, rubrub someone's adenoids in it
or rub someone's adenoids in the dirt
INFORMALCOMMON If you rub someone's nose in it or rub their nose in the dirt, you abash or agitated them by reminding them of article that they do not appetite to anticipate about, such as a abortion or a aberration that they accept made. Okay, I got it amiss — there's no charge to rub my adenoids it it! Sometimes the winners could not abide abrading the enemy's adenoids in the dirt.Learn more: nose, rub