salt of earth
Decent, honest folk
Salt of the earth describes people of fundamental goodness and integrity—honest, unpretentious, and reliable.
The phrase comes from the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus called his followers the salt of the earth.
It typically characterizes humble, hardworking people whose worth lies in their character rather than status: My grandfather was salt of the earth—never complained, always helped his neighbors.
- humbleUnassuming about oneself
- honestFree from deception
- honest livingIncome from ethical labor
- decentAcceptably good
- good peopleMorally upright individuals
hardworking · hard work · genuine · backbone · blue collar · common · common folk · folk · everyday · reliable · unpretentious · grounded · meek · blessed · soil · peasant · farmer · bread and butter
- food idiomspiece of cake, bread winner, low-hanging fruit, cool as a cucumber, bad egg
- idiomstime flies, hit the sack, seize the day, ring a bell, break a leg
- blue collarhard hat, blue collar, blue-collar jobs, factory work, manual labor
- fablesfable, Aesop, Aesop's fables, Aesop fables, tortoise and hare
- social classupper class, middle class, lower class, working class, social class
- money idiomsarm and a leg, break the bank, penny pincher, cheapskate, tightwad
salt of earthelitist
One favoring the privileged
snob · social climber · stuffed shirt · upper crust · hoity-toity
salt of earthscoundrel
Dishonest, unscrupulous person
villain · lowlife · scum of the earth · ne'er-do-well · reprobate
salt, earth, salty, salted, salting, salts, saltiness, earthly, earthy