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salt mine

noun

Definitions

  1. Any mine used for the extraction of salt.

  2. Any laborious work situation, especially in a confined space.

  3. An abundance of indignation felt by one person or a group of people due to…

    An abundance of indignation felt by one person or a group of people due to over-sensitivity, humourlessness, disappointment, or defeat; a gold mine (sense 3) of salt (noun sense 11).

    • The fan forum was an absolute salt mine after the football team's loss to the last-place team in its division.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA