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worth salt

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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.
See also: salt, worth

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In my line of life if we were quick at taking offence, we shouldn't be worth salt to our porridge.
 
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