English Expressions : Don't rub it in!

Dialogue

Mike: They

are trying to teach me a lesson for turning down the report! I feel like knocking my head against the wall trying to point it out but they just won’t listen! See! That’s what you get out of your goodwill.

Peter: It serves you right because you’ve allowed them to walk all over you.

Mike: Don't rub it in! I don't like getting the short end of the stick.

Peter: What I want to say is unless you’re giving them the green line, they won’t dare to take you for granted.

Mike: Do you think it’s too late to turn the tables on them?

Peter: Not at all! It’s never too late to take the gloves off.

Vocabulary

Knock one's head against the wall: to waste time in futile effort to improve or change something.

Serve someone right: be someone's deserved punishment or misfortune.

Walk all over someone: to take advantage of someone.

Rub it in: to constantly refer to a mistake or fault.

Get the short end of the stick: to receive unfair, unequal treatment.

Give the green line: to allow. Take for granted: To underestimate or undervalue someone or something.

Turn the tables: to change or reverse something dramatically.

Take the gloves off: To begin to behave in a more hostile or tenacious way.