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                           Phrase(s): the salt of the earth  Fig. the most worthy of people; a very good or worthy person. (A biblical reference, Matthew 5:13.)  •  Mrs. Jones is the salt of the earth. She is the first to help anyone in trouble.  •  Frank’s mother is the salt of the earth. She has five children of her own and yet fosters three others.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs