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What does "salt" mean?

See in a sentence

In addition to the idioms beginning with salt, also see back to the salt mines; with a grain of salt.

See salt in WNW Idioms

above (or below) the salt

in a more honored (or less honored) position

: From the former practice of placing guests at the upper or lower part of a table with a bowl of salt in the middle

salt away

or salt down

to pack and preserve with salt
â Informal to store or save (money, etc.)

salt of the earth

Etymology: see Matt. 5:13

any person or persons regarded as the finest, noblest, etc.

salt out

to precipitate or separate (a substance) from its solution by the addition of a soluble salt

with a grain of salt

or with a pinch of salt

Etymology: Latinized as cum grano salis

with some doubt, allowance for exaggeration, etc.; skeptically

worth one's salt

worth one's wages, sustenance, etc.

See salt in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Idioms

salt of the earth

A person or group considered as the best or noblest part of society.

worth (one's) salt

Efficient and capable.

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