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
Osvaldo-Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
EmmersonEM-ər-sənEnglish (Rare)
Mild&Thorn;Ry&Eth;-Anglo-Saxon
RakelRAH-kel (Norwegian, Danish, Swedish)Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic
WenceslausWEN-səs-laws (English)History
JoakimYO-ah-kim (Swedish), YO-ah-keem (Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Serbian, Macedonian