below the salt
US /bəˈloʊ ðə sɔlt/
・UK /bɪˈləu ðə sɔ:lt/
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idm.Belonging to a lower social or economic class.
Servants were often seated below the salt at medieval feasts.
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What is the impact of lithium mining? | BBC News
- We don't know how the rock below the salt flat will behave if it will resist the re-injection.
We don't know how the rock below the salt flat will behave if it will resist the re-injection.
- We don't know how the rock below the salt flat will behave if it will resist the reinjection.
We don't know how the rock below the salt flat will behave if it will resist the reinjection.
A brief history of salt and pepper | Edible Histories Episode 7 | BBC Ideas
- Sitting below the salt--i.e. not on the highest table--well, clearly you weren't exactly exalted.
Sitting below the salt--i.e. not on the highest table--well, clearly you weren't exactly exalted.