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.
See also: eat, salt

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SzabinaSAW-bee-nawHungarian
IdaIE-də (English), EE-dah (German, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Italian)English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovene
Ib-Danish
Timeus-Biblical
Bettina (2)bet-TEE-nahItalian
Praskovyaprah-SKOV-yahRussian