worth one's salt

[worth one's salt] {adj. phr.}

Being a good worker, or a productive person; worth what you cost.

* /Mr. Brown showed that he was worth his salt as a salesman when he got the highest sales record for the year./

- Often used with "not" or "hardly".

* /When the basketball team did so poorly, people felt that the coach was hardly worth his salt./

Compare: PAY ONE'S WAY(2).

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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