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2.the salt of the earthGOOD/MORALsomeone who is ordinary but good and honest 世上的盐,地上的盐〔指普通但品行良好诚实的人〕
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the salt of the earth• Robert D.. Raven is the salt of the earth.• The backbone of the nation, the salt of the earth.• The homeless are not the salt of the earth.• That he's the salt of the earth?
3take something with a pinch/grain of saltinformalBELIEVE# to not completely believe what someone tells you, because you know that they do not always tell the truth 〔因某人不总是说实话而〕对某事半信半疑,有保留地相信某事
Most of what he says should be taken with a pinch of salt.
他说的大部分话都不可全信。
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take something with a pinch/grain of salt• But since he never even notices that Howard is himself Howard takes this with a pinch of salt.• I try to take everything with a grain of salt.• We took her to a psychicreader about a month ago-we take that with a grain of salt.
pinch of salt• Water during a fastnauseated him and he accordingly would add a pinch of salt or bicarbonate of soda.• Add remainingcoconutmilk and a pinch of salt and simmer until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.• Luckily a pinch of salt got rid of them, leaving behind a blood-stained sock.• I take all that fame with a pinch of salt.• Course Moira always has had a vividimagination, you have to take what she says with a pinch of salt.• While the first statement is no doubttrue, the second must be taken with a pinch of salt.• A pinch of salt in each bowl stops the mosquitoesbreeding in the water.
salted pork/meat/fish• We had dried fruit and salted meat, and big pots to keep water in.• There was a big box of food - rice, and salted meat, and hard ship's bread.• Inside, his father Clayt was forkingsalted fish into barrels from the baths.• Salted meat or salted fish only three times a week maximum. 2.• And cut down on crisps, salted meat, salted fish and processed canned foods.
salt• Unfortunately the water is salt and the oil is largely gone.• Put enough eggs to cover a piece in a small container of saltsolution.• We waded ashore coughing up salt water and drenched to the skin.• The tucuxi is one of the few dolphins to be found in both fresh and salt waters.
n1.(Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) talks between the US and the former SovietUnion, which aimed to reachagreement about limiting the number of nuclearweapons that each country kept. Two SALT Treaties (=official agreements) were signed: SALT I (1972) and SALT II (1979). → compareSTART