SALT OF THE EARTH

PRONUNCIATION: (SALT uhv thuh UHRTH)

MEANING: noun: A person or group considered to be among the finest of humanity.

ETYMOLOGY: From salt, from Old English sealt + earth, from Old English eorthe. Earliest documented use: 1386.
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SAULT OF THE EARTH - when the Cow jumped over the Moon

SALUT OF THE EARTH - the first primitive toast, over homebrewed wine

SALE OF THE EARTH - a real estate scam