Significato: Abdus Salam

n. Abdus Salam, fisico pachistano, (1926-1996), premio Nobel per la fisica nel 1979 unitamente a Steven Weinberg e Lee Glashow

sal Idioma

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.

back to the salt mines

back to work, humorous expression to express going back to unpleasant work Well, lunch is over so let

close a deal/sale

complete a sale to a customer Vi knows how to close a sale. She's a good closer.

crack shot/salesman etc.

a person who is highly skilled at shooting etc. Marvin has developed into a crack salesman. He's excellent.

dress rehearsal

the last rehearsal before the performance, dry run All actors must come to the dress rehearsal - our last practice.

grain of salt

(See take it with a grain of salt)

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.

up for sale

advertised for sale, on the market The Wongs must be moving. Their house is up for sale.

white sale

the selling at a reduced price of towels or sheets etc. We went to the white sale at the department store in order to buy some new sheets before my parents come to visit.

angry fruit salad

computer slang for a bad visual-interface design that uses too many colours

bake sale

a session of smoking crack cocaine

salt

see throw salt on my game and salt your game

salt your game

to interfere in another person's planned seduction

throw salt on my game

to interfere with my plans (or to mess up my scheme)

at sb 's disposal

available to use freely可以自由支配（使用）
After twenty hours of classes each week， the students have a lot of free time at their disposal．每周上20节课之后，学生们有大量自由支配的时间。
Jack put his car at her disposal．杰克的车她可随便使用。
The money is at the disposal of the committee．这笔钱由委员会自由支配。

for sale

on sale出售
They've got a new kind of shoes for sale．他们有一种新式鞋出售。
The house is not for sale．此屋不出售。
These products are only exhibits and not for sale for the present．这些产品目前仅供展示，不出售。

on sale

selling for a special low price削价出售
These shoes are very cheap， as they are on sale．这些鞋子非常便宜，正在削价出售。
The bookstore is to close down，and many books are on sale as waste paper．书店要关闭，所以许多书象废纸一样在廉价出售。

with a grain of salt

with reserve or doubt半信半疑；可疑
You'll have to take what he says with a grain of salt．他说的话你不可全信。
with a heavy hand oppressively压制；苛刻；用高压手段
He ruled his household with a heavy hand．他在家里太专横了。

with a grain/pinch of salt

with a pinch of salt

worth one's salt

capable；talented 有能力的；有才干的
The work he did really showed that he was worth his salt．他所做的工作的确表明他是位很能干的

take sth with a pinch of salt

Idiom(s): take something with a pinch of salt AND take something with a grain of salt

Theme: DISBELIEF

to listen to a story or an explanation with considerable doubt.
• You must take anything she says with a grain of salt. She doesn't always tell the truth.
• They took my explanation with a pinch of salt. I was sure they didn't believe me.

salt sth away

Idiom(s): salt sth away

Theme: STORAGE

to store or save something. (Originally referred to preserving food and storing it.)
• Mary salted some extra candy away for use during the holidays.
• I salted away about $1,000 when I worked as a clerk in the grocery store.

put at one's disposal

Idiom(s): put sb or sth at one's disposal

Theme: AVAILABILITY

to make someone or something available to someone; to offer someone or something to someone.
• I'd be glad to help you if you need me. I put myself at your disposal.
• I put my car at my neighbor's disposal.

in one's salad days

Idiom(s): in one's salad days

Theme: AGE - YOUTH

in one's youth. (Usually formal or literary. Comparing the greenness of a salad with the greenness, or freshness and inexperience, of youth.)
• I recall the joys I experienced in the warm summer air in my salad days.
• In our salad days, we were apt to get into all sorts of mischief on the weekends.

take sth with a grain of salt

Back to the salt mine

If someone says they have to go back to the salt mine, they have to return to work.

Run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes

This idiom is used to suggest trying out an idea to see if people accept it.

Salad days

Your salad days are an especially happy period of your life.

Salt in a wound

If you rub salt in a wound, you make someone feel bad about something that is already a painful experience. 'Pour salt on a wound' is an alternative form of the idiom.

Salty dog

A salty dog is an experienced sailor.

Snake oil salesperson

A person who promotes something that doesn't work, is selling snake oil.

Worth your salt

Someone who is worth their salt deserves respect.

Salisbury steak|Salisbury|steak

n. A broiled or fried hamburger patty sometimes containing eggs, milk, bread crumbs, and seasoning. James ordered a Salisbury steak for lunch.

back to the salt mines|back|mine|mines|salt|salt m

informal Back to the job; back to work; back to work that is as hard or as unpleasant as working in a salt mine would be.

An overworked phrase, used humorously. The lunch hour is over, boys. Back to the salt mines! "Vacation is over," said Billy. "Back to the salt mines."

no deal|deal|dice|go|no dice|no go|no sale|no soap

slang Not agreed to; refused or useless; without success or result; no; certainly not.

Used in the predicate or to refuse something. Billy wanted to let Bob join the team, but I said that it was no deal because Bob was too young. "Let me have a dollar." "No dice!" answered Joe. I tried to get Mary on the telephone but it was no go. "Let's go to the beach tomorrow." "No sale, I have my music lesson tomorrow." I asked Dad for a new bicycle but it was no soap.
Compare: NOTHING DOING, NO USE.

on sale|on|sale

adj. phr. Selling for a special low price. Tomato soup that is usually sold for sixty cents a can is now on sale for fifty cents. John and Mary couldn't sell all of the lemonade at twenty cents a cup so they have it on sale for ten cents a cup.

rub salt into one's wounds|rub|salt|wound|wounds

v. phr., informal To deliberately add pain when one feels shame, regret, or defeat. Must you rub salt into my wounds by telling me how much fun I missed by not going to the party?

salad days|day|days|salad

n. phr., informal The period of one's youth; a period of inexperience. He was silly and immature during his salad days in high school.

sales check|check|sales|sales slip|slip

n. A paper which the clerk gives the person who bought something; a paper that shows what you bought in a store and how much you paid for it. Mrs. Smith checked the sales slip with what she bought. Mary brought the sales check when she returned the dress so she could get her money back.

sales talk|sales|talk

n. A speech made to point out all the good reasons why the sale would help someone who might buy the product. Mrs. Goldsmith gave the man a good sales talk about the new house. The coach gave a sales talk on exercise in the school assembly.

salt away|salt

v., informal To save (money) for the future. Every week Joe salts away half of his pay.

salt of the earth|earth|salt

n. phr., informal One who helps to make society good and wholesome; a basically good or valuable person. Everyone here considers Syd and Susan the salt of the earth because they are so generous.