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what is the meaning of he's not worth his salt

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parisa | 12:49 Tue 16th Oct 2007 | Phrases & Sayings
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what is the meaning of he's not worth his salt?
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The most probable answer to this is that in Roman times salt was a valuable commodity & was used to pay soldiers (in fact this is where the word salary is a derived from). So if someone "was not worth his salt" they hadn't earned what they were paid.
12:27 Tue 23rd Oct 2007

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