Attic salt
Related to Attic salt: Attic wit
Attic salt
A shrewd, cutting, or subtle humor or wit. Also referred to as "Attic wit." Marianne was known to pepper her conversation with a bit of Attic salt, so she was quite popular at dinner parties.
See also: attic, salt
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- attic
- Attic wit
- sharp wit
- force (someone or something) off on (someone )
- brevity is the soul of wit
- poke about in (something)
- go easy
- ion
- lamp
- an Aladdin's lamp