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eat salt
eat someone's salt
Rur. to be someone's guest. The least you can do when you're eating someone's salt is to help them out around the house. That good-for-nothing Jim was flirting with Bill's wife at the same time he was eating Bill's salt.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Husayn | | - | Arabic |
| Juniper | | JOON-ə-pər | English (Rare) |
| Tjeerd | | TYAY:RT (Dutch) | Frisian, Dutch |
| Iulia | | YOO:-li-a (Ancient Roman) | Romanian, Ancient Roman |
| Terenti | | - | Georgian, Russian |
| Nalani | | - | Hawaiian |