worth one's salt

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈwɜːθ wʌnz ˈsɒlt/    美 /ˈwɝθ wʌnz ˈsɔlt/|/-sɑlt/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Adept or competent, especially at one's occupation. idiomatic,not-comparable
    — Any doctor worth their salt should be able to correctly diagnose the illness.

词源

First attested in 1805. Perhaps referencing the derivation of the word salary from Latin sal (“salt”), which is correct (though the related idea that soldiers were paid in salt is not). Or more generally from the fact that salt was a fairly valuable commodity in pre-modern times.
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