Meaning:
aalto 
n.
Finnish architect and designer of furniture (1898-1976)
LT Idiom, Proverb
a clean bill of health
a good report from the doctor, a good checkup You'll never get a clean bill of health if you eat fat meat!
a grain of salt
(See take it with a grain of salt)
a pinch of salt
a bit of salt, the salt held between thumb and finger Hector uses a pinch of salt when he makes chocolate fudge.
add insult to injury
add another negative, make it worse, put your foot in it If you say his answer is wrong, and then say he can't understand, you've added insult to injury.
at fault
be responsible or to blame for something The truck driver was at fault in the terrible accident.
back to the salt mines
back to work, humorous expression to express going back to unpleasant work Well, lunch is over so let
below the belt
in an unfair or cowardly way I think that he was hitting below the belt when he began to criticize me after I told him my true feelings on the matter.
belt you
hit you, punch you I should belt you for saying that my sister looks like a dog.
BLT
Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato - a type of sandwich We went into the restaurant and ordered a BLT sandwich.
bolt from the blue
(See like a bolt from the blue)
built like a brick shithouse
have a strong body, have a sturdy build Tyronne plays football. He's built like a brick shithouse.
butter wouldn't melt in his mouth
he is very calm and clear, he is a smooth talker When he's talking to voters, butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.
clean bill of health
(See a clean bill of health)
cry over spilt milk
cry about small accidents, cry instead of doing Children drop things and break them. Don't cry over spilt milk.
filthy lucre
money, dollars Filthy lucre - that's what people want - cash, moola, lettuce.
filthy rich
very rich, wealthy, rolling in it She was filthy rich after she got married. She was a millionaire.
find fault
look for faults and mistakes, criticize I don't want to be around a guy who is always finding fault.
find fault with
criticize He is always finding fault with everything that I do.
full tilt
as fast as possible, flat out Were you going full tilt when you passed us - as fast as it would go?
grain belt
a region or area that produces cereal crops The grain belt got very little rain this year. The land is dry.
grain of salt
(See take it with a grain of salt)
green belt
an area of fields and trees around a town The city has a policy of increasing the green belt around the city.
grind to a halt
slow down and stop (like a machine when it is turned off) The city ground to a halt when the power went off for five hours.
grinding halt
unplanned stop, forced stop When Andy lost his job, their marriage came to a grinding halt.
had a belt
had a drink of alcohol, had a couple Ragnar had a belt or two at the tavern in town.
health nut
a person who eats health foods and does exercises to become healthy Gary is a health nut. He eats fruit and granola, and jogs five to ten kilometers every day.
helter-skelter
in a confusing group, in disorder When we arrived at work we found all of the files scattered helter-skelter over the floor.
kill a penalty (hockey)
prevent a goal while your player has a penalty Team Canada killed a penalty near the end of the game.
like a bolt from the blue
like a sign from heaven, like a flash of light Like a bolt from the blue, I got the idea to shave my head.
loaded to the hilt
fully loaded, packed to the top The trailer was loaded to the hilt - full of our belongings.
look the picture of health
be in good health My uncle was looking the picture of health when I saw him last week.
make oneself felt
use one
melt in one
be so tender as to seem to need no chewing, taste very good The pasta served at the new restaurant melted in our mouth.
melt in your mouth
fine bread or pastry, food with a fine texture Aunt Carol's muffins are so good! They just melt in your mouth!
off kilter
off balance, not straight, out of whack One of the poles was off kilter. It was leaning toward the road.
out of kilter
not balanced right, not in a straight line or lined up right The door handle seems to be out of kilter and doesn
pay the penalty
pay a fine, endure, receive punishment He paid the penalty for his laziness: failure.
pinch of salt
(See a pinch of salt)
rub salt in the wound
cause it to be worse, aggravate, add insult to injury If you criticize a student's work in front of the class, you are rubbing salt in the wound.
salt away
save money She has salted away a few thousand dollars from her new job.
salt of the earth
"common people; honest, hard-working people" The Swensons are plain, decent people - salt of the earth, eh.
take it with a grain of salt
do not believe all of it, some of it is not true When Brian talks, take it with a grain of salt. Believe very little.
take something with a grain of salt
not take seriously something someone has said You can take everything that he says with a grain of salt.
take with a grain of salt
accept or believe only part of something You should take everything that he says with a grain of salt as everyone knows that he likes to exaggerate things when he is speaking.
the picture of health
looking very healthy, fit as a fiddle Rick looks very well these days. He's the picture of health.
throw insults
say rude things, insult someone When you don't get what you want, you start throwing insults.
tighten our belts
not spend as much, be careful with our money We'll have to tighten our belts when Stan goes on pension.
to a fault
so very well that it is almost bad He is honest to a fault and will not say anything unless it is the absolute truth.
to the hilt
to the maximum amount, completely He has been up to the hilt in debt since he bought that car.
trade insults
insult each other, say rude things to each other, mudsling When the two men couldn't agree on the cause of the problem, they began trading insults.