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salt the earth

idiom

After 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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  1. 01

    Attic salt

    Pointed and delicate wit.

  2. 02

    come down to earth

    To be brought back to reality; to emerge from a daydream.

  3. 03

    cost the earth

    To be a huge expense.

  4. 04

    covenant of salt

    A long-lasting agreement.

  5. 05

    edge of the earth

    A very remote place.

  6. 06

    go to the ends of the earth

    To do everything possible to achieve something.

  7. 07

    God's green earth

    The world.

  8. 08

    green in earth

    Of a deceased person, recently buried.

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