Virtually any wine shop worth its salt carries at least a few wines from New Zealand.
Any judge worth his salt would immediately report an attempt to influence the jury.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
worth its salt — ˌworth your/its ˈsalt idiom deserving respect, especially because you do your job well • Any teacher worth her salt knows that. Main entry: ↑worthidiom … Useful english dictionary
worth your salt — worth (your/its) salt someone or something that deserves respect. Virtually any wine shop worth its salt carries at least a few wines from New Zealand. Any judge worth his salt would immediately report an attempt to influence the jury … New idioms dictionary
worth your salt — phrase respected by other people because you do your job well Any politician worth their salt will keep their campaign promises. Thesaurus: words used to describe workershyponym general words relating to jobs and workhypernym Main entry: salt * * … Useful english dictionary
worth salt — worth (your/its) salt someone or something that deserves respect. Virtually any wine shop worth its salt carries at least a few wines from New Zealand. Any judge worth his salt would immediately report an attempt to influence the jury … New idioms dictionary
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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 — 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
worth — 1 preposition 1 be worth to have a value in money: How much is the ring worth? | be worth 10/$500 etc: The picture is worth about two thousand pounds. | be worth a lot informal (=be worth a lot of money) | be worth nothing/not be worth anything:… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
salt — salt1 [ sɔlt ] noun ** uncount a white substance that is often added to food before or after cooking to improve its flavor: Add a pinch of salt. a. count SCIENCE a chemical substance formed from an acid b. salts plural a substance or medicine… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
salt — I UK [sɔːlt] / US [sɔlt] noun Word forms salt : singular salt plural salts ** 1) [uncountable] a white substance that is often added to food before or after cooking to improve its flavour. Salt is dug from the ground, or produced from sea water… … English dictionary
