WORD IN THE HAND: MALAPHOR
SUE DE GROOT | Rub insult into a wound worth its weight in salt or it’s in poor taste
A column to satisfy your inner grammar nerd
12 August 2021 - 20:27
In one of the myriad missives recently unleashed by the spin doctors of SA’s newest political party, I was flummoxed to read the phrase “to add salt to injury”...
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