| 单词 | worth one's salt |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(to be) worth one's salt g. (to be) worth one's salt: efficient or capable. Usually with expressed or implied negative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > useful [phrase] > specifically of a person (to be) worth one's salt1830 1830 F. Marryat King's Own III. xiii. 222 The captain..is not worth his salt. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. v. 312 Every one who is worth his salt has his enemies. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv. xviii. 142 It was plain from every line of his body that our new hand was worth his salt. < as lemmas |
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