throw salt
Add crystals liberally
To throw salt is to disparage or undermine someone, especially by making negative comments that damage their reputation or prospects.
The phrase comes from the idea of "throwing salt in someone's game"—interfering with their success: Why you always throwing salt? Let me do my thing.
Common in African American Vernacular English and hip-hop culture, it suggests jealousy-motivated sabotage or gratuitous negativity.
- ward offActively prevent approach
- evil spiritsMalevolent supernatural beings
- scatterDistribute in random directions
- sprinkleLight scattering of particles
- exorciseExpel spirits ritually
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