below the salt
prep_phraseEtymology
See above the salt.
Definitions
Common, vulgar
Common, vulgar; of low standing.
- His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the salt.
The neighborhood
- antonymabove the salt
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for below the salt. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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