common idioms

Salt of the earth fs7.fors77.sJ. a basically good or

valuable person: Eueryone here considers Syd and Susan the salt of the earth I because they are so generous.

Back to the salt mines fs7.fors37.sJ. time to return to work, school, or something else that might be

unpleasant: The lunch hour is over, boys. Back to the salt mines! "Vacation is ouer," said Billy. "Back to the salt mines."

Rub salt into someone's wounds fs7.forrrr.sJ to

add pain when one feels shame, regret, or defeat: Must

you rub salt into my wounds by telling me how much Jun Imissed by not going to the party?

Salt away fs7.fors77.sJ. to save (money) for the futurę:

Euery week Joe salts away half of his pay.

Take with a grain of salt to consider

something to be not completely true or right: l've read the I

article, which I take with a grain of salt. We took Uncle George's stońes of the war with a pinch of salt.

Worth your salt good at your job: Any doctor worth his salt I

should be able to correctly diagnose the illness. When the basketball team did so poorly, people felt that the coach was hardly worth his salt.

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