Someone said to Jane, "Jane, we all know that you are like the salt of the earth". What did he mean by saying that?
2007-05-31 07:28:46 · 10 answers · asked by jackie c 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
its a compliment, though i know it doesnt sound like it. its saying you are a geuine person. someone who is kind and honest
it probably comes from the time when salt was a very expensive commodity, and very necassary as a preservative.
2007-05-31 07:37:46 · answer #1 · answered by sabrina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the Bible, salt of the earth means what we are supposed to be. Those people who, like salt before refrigiration was available, preserve, cure and keep things from rotting. If we all behaved like what we are suppossed to be, we would keep the world from spoiling with so much relativism and hedonism.
2007-05-31 08:26:10 · answer #2 · answered by la mara 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A really good person. In the middle ages, salt was a precious commodity, as there were no other ways (other than smoking) to preserve food. It is a compliment.
2007-05-31 07:35:05 · answer #3 · answered by merrybodner 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Being the salt of the earth is being a blessing to the world, via God's blessing through you.
2007-05-31 07:34:52 · answer #4 · answered by Bill W 【ツ】 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
More on that... salt was the main "spice" for food... so could also mean that Jane can't be missing since she brings flavor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_and_Light
2007-05-31 07:40:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
English idiom: People who are salt of the earth are decent, dependable and unpretentious.
2007-05-31 07:32:40 · answer #6 · answered by Why? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She's probably just jealous you get along with guys better than her. That definitely does not make you a tomboy. I'm a bit like you. I have more guy than girl friends yet I am a very girly person. I love make-up,girly chats and boys etc, yet I find it easier to be around boys and make friends with them than girls.
2016-04-01 07:21:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People who are salt of the earth are decent, dependable and unpretentious.
2007-05-31 07:33:34 · answer #8 · answered by jargent100 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Real, natural, basic. A similar term is down-to-earth.
2007-05-31 07:33:23 · answer #9 · answered by neniaf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think it means from my opinion that she seems like a part of the earth i guess
2007-05-31 07:37:57 · answer #10 · answered by Worldemperor 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋