open old wounds

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open/reopen old wounds

to make someone remember an unpleasant event or situation that happened in the past For many soldiers who served in Vietnam, the current conflict has reopened old wounds.

See also: old, open, wound

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His decision to go public - and Rapid's claim they were ready to wear the red strips they sported in the UEFA ordered replay at Old Trafford which Celtic lost - has merely served to open old wounds between the two clubs. RAPID SET TO GO WITH THE FLO by The Mirror (London, England) Byline: Gordon Parks RAPID VIENNA will rip open old wounds next week when they face Celtic wearing red. VIENNA IN CELTIC STRIP TAUNT; EXCLUSIVE by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) It was a bit saddening to open old wounds and go over old ground. Reopening old city wounds was so sad; EXCLUSIVE Ex-manager appears at ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			only way to go onto onto a good thing onward onwards and upwards Onwards and upwards! ooze ooze with open open a can of worms open a conversation open a Pandora's box open and shut open book open doors open eyes open eyes to open fire open for business open heart open heart to open into open kimono open mind open mouth open old wounds open on open oneself to criticism open out open Pandora's box open season open secret open some doors open the door to open the floodgates open the way for open to open to criticism open to question open up open up to open with open-and-shut case open-ended opening gambit operate operate against operate from operate on opinion opportunity			Open Network of Centres of Excellence in Complex Systems Open Network Provision Open Network Video Interface Forum Open Network Xchange Open Networking Foundation Open Networking System Open Neural Tube Defect Open newel Open News Network Open North American Championship Open Notes Picture Database open nucleus breeding scheme open nucleus breeding scheme Open Object Information Infrastructure Open Obligations Report open ocean open ocean Open Ocean Aquaculture Open Ocean Missiles Open Ocean Systems, Inc. Open of business Open of Escrow Open Office Open Office Landscape Open office org Open Office.org open old wounds open on open on open on open on open on open on Open on Rise of Inlet Open on Rise of Inlet Temperature Open on the print open on to open oneself to criticism Open Online Education Network open onto open onto open onto open onto open onto Open Ontology Repository open operation open operation open operation open operation Open ORB open order open order Open Order Book Open Orders open out open out open out

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