the salt of the earth

基本解释

People said he was the salt of the earth.
人们说他是the salt of the earth（好人，或社会中坚、栋梁）。
As one of my relatives said, he was the salt of the earth and the spice of life.
就像我的一个亲戚说的那样，他是高尚的人，富有生活情趣。
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?
你们是世上的盐。盐若失了味，怎能叫他再咸呢。

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