pound salt

Definitions

1. To grind salt crystals into powder using a mortar and pestle or similar device.
2. Synonym of pound sand.

Examples

“He still persisted and, at that point⟳, I guess⟳, being born and raised in New York City, I had had enough of him and I said, 'Hey, you can go pound salt.'”

“I was so mad I had a good mind⟳ to tell⟳ them to go pound salt.”

“But instead of telling her to go pound salt, I realize⟳, as Yogi Berra might say⟳, you can hear⟳ a lot just by listening.”

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