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not to be worth one's salt

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  • worth one's salt — {adj. phr.} Being a good worker, or a productive person; worth what you cost. * /Mr. Brown showed that he was worth his salt as a salesman when he got the highest sales record for the year./ Often used with not or hardly . * /When the basketball… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • worth one's salt — {adj. phr.} Being a good worker, or a productive person; worth what you cost. * /Mr. Brown showed that he was worth his salt as a salesman when he got the highest sales record for the year./ Often used with not or hardly . * /When the basketball… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • worth\ one's\ salt — adj. phr. Being a good worker, or a productive person; worth what you cost. Mr. Brown showed that he was worth his salt as a salesman when he got the highest sales record for the year. Often used with not or hardly . When the basketball team did… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • worth one’s salt — mod. worth (in productivity) what it costs to keep one. □ We decided that you are worth your salt, and you can stay on as office clerk. □ Youre not worth your salt. Pack up! …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • hardly worth one's salt — not expedient, inadvisable, not worthwhile …   English contemporary dictionary

  • salt — salt1 saltlike, adj. /sawlt/, n. 1. a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc. 2. table salt mixed with a particular herb or… …   Universalium

  • Worth — adj. & n. predic.adj. (governing a noun like a preposition) 1 of a value equivalent to (is worth pound50; is worth very little). 2 such as to justify or repay; deserving; bringing compensation for (worth doing; not worth the trouble). 3… …   Useful english dictionary

  • worth — adj. & n. predic.adj. (governing a noun like a preposition) 1 of a value equivalent to (is worth pound50; is worth very little). 2 such as to justify or repay; deserving; bringing compensation for (worth doing; not worth the trouble). 3… …   Useful english dictionary

  • salt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. salinize; season; pickle, brine, drysalt, preserve, souse. See preservation, store. salt away II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Tasting of salt] Syn. alkaline, saline, briny; see salty . 2. [Preserved… …   English dictionary for students

  • worth — worth1 W2S1 [wə:θ US wə:rθ] prep [: Old English; Origin: weorth worthy, of a particular value ] 1.) be worth sth a) to have a value in money ▪ The house must be worth quite a lot of money now. ▪ One of the pictures is worth £50,000. ▪ Do you know …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Salt cellar — A salt cellar is a bowl, usually small, for holding salt. The use of salt cellars continued through the 1940s, but has been in decline since and been gradually replaced with salt shakers. The exterior surfaces of modern cellars are frequently… …   Wikipedia

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