salt the earth
idiomAfter destroying or devastating something, to do something additional to make sure it is permanently destroyed, as a precaution or out of spite.
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Attic salt
Pointed and delicate wit.
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come down to earth
To be brought back to reality; to emerge from a daydream.
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cost the earth
To be a huge expense.
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covenant of salt
A long-lasting agreement.
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edge of the earth
A very remote place.
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go to the ends of the earth
To do everything possible to achieve something.
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God's green earth
The world.
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green in earth
Of a deceased person, recently buried.