he's worth his salt
1worth 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 * * …
2worth your salt — 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 …
3worth its salt — 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 …
4any [judge/lawyer/teacher etc.] worth their salt — any [judge/lawyer/teacher etc.] worth (their) salt any judge, lawyer, teacher etc. who is good at their job. Any lawyer worth his salt should be aware of the latest changes in taxation. No judge worth her salt would attempt to influence the jury …
5worth 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… …
6worth 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… …
7worth salt — 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 …
8worth one's salt — worth what one is paid He is definitely worth his salt in our company and is one of our best employees …
9worth one's salt — phrasal : worth one s salary or keep is so useless as to be hardly worth his salt also : having substantial or significant value or merit it isn t long before an author worth his salt can emerge with material for a best seller Phyllis McGinley *… …
10worth — worth1 W2S1 [wə:θ US wə:rθ] prep [: Old English; Origin: weorth worthy, of a particular value ] 1.) be worth sth a) to have a value in money ▪ The house must be worth quite a lot of money now. ▪ One of the pictures is worth £50,000. ▪ Do you know …
