add salt to injury

verb

Eggcorn of add insult to injury.

First used 20th c.
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Meanings

verbadd salt to injury (third-person singular simple present adds salt to injury, present participle adding salt to injury, simple past and past participle added salt to injury)

present singular third person adds salt to injury · participle present adding salt to injury · participle past added salt to injury · past added salt to injury

  1. Eggcorn of add insult to injury.First known use 20th c.

Origin

Blend of add insult to injury + rub salt in the wound.

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APA

add salt to injury. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/add%20salt%20to%20injury

MLA

“add salt to injury.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/add%20salt%20to%20injury. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “add salt to injury,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/add%20salt%20to%20injury.

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