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2022-01-03 10:01
Salt away phrase
To reserve something to use in the future.
If you start salting away half of your salary monthly from now, you will be able to buy a house by the time you reach 30.
On hearing that the government would impose a nationwide lockdown next week, many people went to the supermarket to salt away some toilet paper.
To not spend over one's butget
To save someone from trouble, difficulty, or danger that is going to happen very soon
To save someone from danger, trouble or failure
A sum of money that has been laid aside for a particular purpose.
The verb "salt" must be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase alludes to using salt as a food preservative. It dates from the mid-1800s.
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