worth your salt

Meaning

1. worth your / its salt

   deserving respect, especially because you do your job well

   Any teacher worth her salt knows that.

From the same entry

• for all is worth
• for what it's worth
• not worth the candle
• not worth the paper it's written on
• worth your weight in gold
• worth while
• a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
• more than your job's worth
• put in your two cents' worth
• get your money's worth