- pound salt
- Americango away and leave me aloneA shortened form of go pound salt up your ass.Less often as pound sand.
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
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pound salt — leave, go, take off If you don t want to play by our rules, you can pound salt, man! … English idioms
go pound salt — (USA) This means Get lost or Go away ( Go pound sand is also used.) … The small dictionary of idiomes
go pound salt — leave, go away, go tell your mother she wants you We don t allow babies in our gang. Go pound salt! … English idioms
Pound — Pound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pounding}.] [OE. pounen, AS. punian to bruise. Cf. {Pun} a play on words.] 1. To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat. [1913 Webster] With cruel blows she pounds her… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
salt pound — salt pen … Dictionary of ichthyology
salt — salt1 saltlike, adj. /sawlt/, n. 1. a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc. 2. table salt mixed with a particular herb or… … Universalium
SALT — /sawlt/, n. See Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. * * * I Chemical compound formed when the hydrogen of an acid is replaced by a metal or its equivalent, such as ammonium (NH4). Typically, an acid and a base react to form a salt and water. Most… … Universalium
pound — I verb 1) the two men pounded him with their fists Syn: beat, strike, hit, batter, thump, pummel, punch, rain blows on, belabor, hammer, thrash, set on, tear into; informal bash, clobber, wallop, beat the living daylights out of … Thesaurus of popular words
pound — 1) 0.454 kg (avoirdupois, abbreviated as lb), 0.373 kg (troy, abbreviated as lb tr) 2) a temporary compartment or bulk constructed in a fishing stage, q.v., from boards in which to salt fish in Newfoundland 3) the space where fish boxes are… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Dick Pound — Richard Pound (2010) Richard William Duncan Pound, OC, OQ (born March 22, 1942) is a Canadian lawyer, partner of th … Wikipedia
