be worth (one's) salt Idiom, Proverb

a grain of salt

(See take it with a grain of salt)

a pinch of salt

a bit of salt, the salt held between thumb and finger Hector uses a pinch of salt when he makes chocolate fudge.

back to the salt mines

back to work, humorous expression to express going back to unpleasant work Well, lunch is over so let

grain of salt

(See take it with a grain of salt)

pinch of salt

(See a pinch of salt)

rub salt in the wound

cause it to be worse, aggravate, add insult to injury If you criticize a student's work in front of the class, you are rubbing salt in the wound.

salt away

save money She has salted away a few thousand dollars from her new job.

salt of the earth

"common people; honest, hard-working people" The Swensons are plain, decent people - salt of the earth, eh.

take it with a grain of salt

do not believe all of it, some of it is not true When Brian talks, take it with a grain of salt. Believe very little.

take something with a grain of salt

not take seriously something someone has said You can take everything that he says with a grain of salt.

be account (one's) salt

To accreditation account in a assertive acreage or area, about because one does one's job well. Any abecedary who is account their alkali knows how to accord with assertive acceptance like Tom. I'm assured abundant to apperceive I'm account my alkali about here. I accomplish a lot of money for this company.Learn more: salt, worth

worth one's salt, to be

To be account one’s wages; a acceptable employee. This appellation alludes to the convenance of advantageous Roman soldiers with armament of alkali and added admired and capital items, beginning the Latin chat salarium (in about-face the English salary), or “salt money.” The appellation was best up by abundant nineteenth-century writers. Robert Louis Stevenson acclimated it in Treasure Island (1883): “It was apparent from every band of his anatomy that our new duke was account his salt.”Learn more: to, worth

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take solace take someone for a ride take someone's temperature take someone to the cleaners take (someone) under one take something into account take something lying down take something to heart take something with a grain of salt take steps take stock take stock in (usually negative) take stock of take that take the blame take the bull by the horns take the bus/plane be wide of the mark be wide open be wide open to (something) be wild about (someone or something) be wise after the event be wise to (someone or something) be wishy-washy be with (one) be with (one) in spirit be with it be with somebody be with somebody in spirit be within a whisker of (something) be within an ace of (doing) (something) be without equal be witness to something be worked up be worked up about (something) be worked up over (something) be working overtime be worlds away be worlds/a world away be worn to a frazzle be worried sick be worse off be worth (one's) salt be worth (one's) while be worth it be worth its/(one's) weight in gold be worth your weight in gold be worth your/its weight in gold be wrapped up in (someone or something) be wrapped up in somebody/something be wringing (one's) hands be wringing your hands be written all over (one's) face be written all over somebody's face be written all over your face be yellow be young at heart be your own man be your own man/woman be your own master/mistress be your own worst enemy be your strong point/suit be yourself be zozzled be, come, etc. within a whisker of something/of doing something be, come, get, etc. in on the ground floor be, etc. in/out of touch be, feel, etc. out of sorts