below the salt

English

Etymology

See above the salt.

Pronunciation
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Prepositional phrase

below the salt

  1. (idiomatic) Common, vulgar; of low standing.
    • Ben Jonson
      His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the salt.

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