Phrases related to: wound up

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salt in the wound	Something that increases someone's pain.	Rate it: (3.50 / 2 votes)
rub salt in the wound	To make an injury feel worse.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
close up	To heal a cut or other wound.	Rate it: (4.00 / 4 votes)
stop an eight-day clock and throw it into reverse	Before batteries and household electricity were used to power clocks, most clocks had to be wound by hand to keep operating. Eight-day clocks were designed so they only had to be wound every eighth day and the movement only turned in a clockwise direction. Therefore, someone with an appearance objectionable enough to stop the clock and send the movement spinning in the wrong and opposite direction would be ugly indeed.	Rate it: (3.50 / 4 votes)
mortiferam plagam alicui infligere	to inflict a mortal wound on some one.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
refricare vulnus, cicatricem obductam	to open an old wound.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
vulnus infligere alicui	to wound a person (also used metaphorically).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)