worth one's salt

短语
大学

称职, 胜任

发音

UK /ˈwɜːθ wʌnz ˈsɒlt/
US /ˈwɝθ wʌnz ˈsɔlt/
AU
US /-sɑlt/

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Adept or competent, especially at one's occupation.

    胜任

    习语

    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.

来源：wiktionary