worth your salt

worth (one's) salt

Warranting respect in a certain field or area, typically because one does one's job well. Used directly after the person or thing being described. Any teacher worth his salt is able to inspire his students. I'm confident enough to know I'm worth my salt around here. I make a lot of money for this company.

worth your salt

good or competent at the job or profession specified.

2000 Saga Magazine Every place setting is measured with a ruler because no butler worth his salt wants to get to the end of a table with say, four settings left, and nowhere to put them.

ˌworth your/its ˈsalt

deserving respect, especially because you do your job well: Any teacher worth his salt knows that students who enjoy a lesson learn the most.This may refer to the fact that in Roman times soldiers were given an allowance of salt as part of their pay. The Latin word salarium (= the money given to Roman soldiers to buy salt) is the origin of the word ‘salary’.

词组	worth your salt
释义	worth your salt worth (one's) salt Warranting respect in a certain field or area, typically because one does one's job well. Used directly after the person or thing being described. Any teacher worth his salt is able to inspire his students. I'm confident enough to know I'm worth my salt around here. I make a lot of money for this company. See also: salt, worth Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. worth your salt good or competent at the job or profession specified. 2000 Saga Magazine Every place setting is measured with a ruler because no butler worth his salt wants to get to the end of a table with say, four settings left, and nowhere to put them. See also: salt, worth Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary ˌworth your/its ˈsalt deserving respect, especially because you do your job well: Any teacher worth his salt knows that students who enjoy a lesson learn the most.This may refer to the fact that in Roman times soldiers were given an allowance of salt as part of their pay. The Latin word salarium (= the money given to Roman soldiers to buy salt) is the origin of the word ‘salary’. See also: salt, worth Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: worth (one's) salt worth one’s salt worth salt worth your/its salt a full-time job (one's) jollies (from) top to toe about/on your person at (one's) doorstep at doorstep References in classic literature 'Because there's not a skipper or mate that would think you worth your salt, when he could get a practised hand,' replied the manager; The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby If you're a theater maven worth your salt, you're always after the scoop on which tickets are bombs and which are necessities of life. Fresh picks of the season: queercentric theater is in full bloom--if you know where to look
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