Eat salt with (someone) In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "eat salt with (someone)", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Zesty Y calendar 2022-02-09 08:02

Meaning of Eat salt with (someone)

Synonyms:

stay over

Variants:

eat (one's) salt

Eat salt with (someone) British verb phrase

If a person "eats someone's salt", he or she stays at someone's house.

I thank you so much for letting me eat salt with you the whole week when my house was under refurbishment.

We will have an exchange student eating salt with us.

Other phrases about:

to leave well enough alone

Try to avoid to change something because doing something else could make things worse

eat (one's) salt

If a person "eats someone's salt", he or she stays at someone's house.

set up shop

1. To start a business

2. To stay in a place longer than expected, especially in an unwanted way

under (one's) roof

To be in someone's home.

Grammar and Usage of Eat salt with (someone)

Verb Forms

  • eating salt with (someone)
  • eaten salt with (someone)
  • ate salt with (someone)
  • eats salt with (someone)

The verb "eat" must be conjugated according to its tense.
 

Origin of Eat salt with (someone)

The origin of this phrase is not clear.
 

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to rob the cradle
have a romantic or sexual relationship with or marry someone much younger than oneself.
Example: The middle aged man robbed the cradle with the teenager.
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