to be worth something
11worth — ► ADJECTIVE 1) equivalent in value to the sum or item specified. 2) deserving to be treated or regarded in the way specified. 3) having income or property amounting to a specified sum. ► NOUN 1) the value or merit of someone or something. 2) an… …
12Something/Anything? — Studio album by Todd Rundgren Released February 1972 …
13worth 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 …
14worth 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 …
15worth 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 …
16worth a shot — If something is worth a shot, it is worth trying as there is some chance of success …
17worth its weight in gold — When something is worth its weight in gold, it is extremely valuable …
18something to speak of — (something) to speak of to have so little of something that it is not worth talking about. There was no snow to speak of this winter. I really don t have any job benefits to speak of. Usage notes: usually following a noun in a negative statement …
19worth — [n] value, estimation associated with something account, aid, assistance, avail, benefit, caliber, class, consequence, cost, credit, desirability, dignity, equivalence, excellence, goodness, help, importance, mark, meaningfulness, merit, moment,… …
20worth — 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 …
