worth your salt

worth your salt
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

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worth your salt
: worthy of ordinary respect
— used to say what should be expected from someone who does a job properly, from something that is as good as it should be, etc.

A detective writer worth his salt [=a good detective writer] keeps his readers from solving the mystery.

Any doctor worth her salt [=any good/capable doctor] would have advised you to get a second opinion before having major surgery.

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worth your salt — see salt, 1
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Main Entry:worth

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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. 2012.

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  • worth one’s salt — mod. worth (in productivity) what it costs to keep one. □ We decided that you are worth your salt, and you can stay on as office clerk. □ Youre not worth your salt. Pack up! …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

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