rub sb's nose in it
to say or do things that make someone remember that they failed or got something wrong:
Sue failed her exam, so just to rub her nose in it, I put my certificate up on the wall.
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Quoting & making references
- above
- allusive
- bandy sth around
- bring
- bring sth up
- citation
- come up
- cross-reference
- direct speech
- drag
- misquote
- passing
- pursuant
- quotation
- quote
- quote... unquote idiom
- referent
- said
- touch
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