Meaning of salt mine | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any mine used for the extraction of salt.
2. Any laborious work situation, especially in a confined space.
   broadly
3. An abundance of indignation felt by one person or a group of people due to over-sensitivity, humourlessness, disappointment, or defeat; a gold mine (sense 3) of salt (noun sense 11).
   Internet, derogatory

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Examples

“The fan forum was an absolute salt mine after the football team's loss to the last-place team in its division.”

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