Eat (one's) salt British verb phrase
If a person "eats someone's salt", he or she stays at someone's house.
I have eaten my friend's salt for a couple of weeks. I need to find a place to live quickly.
When I ate Marry's salt, I really appreciated her family's hospitality.
If a person "eats someone's salt", he or she stays at someone's house.
The verb "eat" should be conjugated according to its tense.
The idiom is used to say that someone is stupid, unthinking, or inattentive.
When I tell them anything, they look at me like the lights are on, but nobody's home.