English

Noun

salt of the earth ‎(uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) A most worthy person.
   • 1611, King James version, Matthew, V:11

     Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

2. (idiomatic) A decent, dependable, unpretentious person.

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