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reopen old wounds
Language:
Meanings:
1.
US
UK
Australia
Global
informal
neutral
idiomatic
To bring up past hurts, grievances, or traumatic events in a way that causes renewed emotional pain or distress.
2.
Global
neutral
To cause a healed physical injury, scar, or surgical site to open or become injured again.
Examples:
EN:
Who do you think you are to disrupt lives and reopen old wounds?
ES:
¿Quién se cree que es para abrir viejas heridas?
EN:
Jings, mate, don't reopen old wounds. Was I doing that, Craig? Was I reopening old wounds?
ES:
Pienso, que esto se reduce, a que la gente esta, quizás, celosa de mi éxito.
EN:
Jings, mate, don't reopen old wounds.
ES:
Jings, tío, no reabras viejas heridas.
EN:
Why reopen old wounds?
ES:
Porqué reabrir viejas heridas?
EN:
I knew it would reopen old wounds, but...
ES:
Sabía que reabriría viejas heridas, pero...
EN:
Well, it must...reopen old wounds.
ES:
Bueno, el... reabrir viejas heridas.
EN:
I'm sorry to reopen old wounds, but Louise didn't kill herself.
ES:
Siento reabrir viejas heridas, pero Louise no se suicidó.
EN:
- If you come back to Dallas, you will just reopen old wounds.
ES:
- Si vuelves a Dallas, solo reabrirás viejas heridas.
EN:
If you come back to Dallas, you will just reopen old wounds.
ES:
Si vuelves a Dallas, solo reabrirás viejas heridas.
EN:
No, don't reopen old wounds, it's not a good idea.
ES:
-No abras viejas heridas, que no te conviene.
EN:
Why do you reopen old wounds?
ES:
¿Qué quiere de nosotros? ¿Por qué insiste en viejas heridas?
EN:
Last thing you want to do is reopen old wounds.
ES:
La última cosa que quieres hacer es reabrir viejas heridas.
EN:
You were afraid to reopen old wounds.
ES:
Tenías miedo de reabrir viejas heridas.
EN:
The last thing we want to do is reopen old wounds.
ES:
Lo último que queremos es reabrir viejas heridas.
EN:
I'm sorry, we didn't mean to reopen old wounds.
ES:
Lo siento, no queríamos abrir viejas heridas.
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