rub salt into the (或 someone's) wound

make a painful experience even more painful for someone

在某人傷口上擦鹽，使某人痛上加痛

the salt of the earth

a person or group of people of great kindness, reliability, or honesty

社會中堅，最高尚的人，最值得信賴的人

sit below the salt

be of lower social standing or worth

社會地位低

take something with a pinch (或grain) of salt

regard something as exaggerated; believe only part of something

半信半疑

I take anything he says with a large pinch of salt.

我對他所說的一切都要打個折扣。

worth one's salt

good or competent at the job or profession specified

勝任的，稱職的，有能力的

any astrologer worth her salt would have predicted this.

任何一個稱職的占星家都會預測到這一點。

salt something away

(informal)secretly store or put by something, especially money

(非正式)私下積攢（尤指錢）

salt something out

cause soap to separate from lye by adding salt

加鹽使皂從堿液中分離出來

salt away

To put aside; save.

擱置；保存

salt out

To separate (a dissolved substance) by adding salt to the solution.

鹽析：通過向溶液中加鹽而分離出（溶解的物質(zhì)）

worth (one's) salt

Efficient and capable.

有效的，有能力的