感谢!看起来是这个意思。和后文的意思也能搭上。
“worth its salt”是习语吗还是别的什么?
EVERY developing country worth its salt has a bustling middle class that is transforming the country and thrilling the markets. So does Stalinist North Korea. Oblivious of rumours that famine is gathering again and that the state\'s food-distribution system is breaking down, the country\'s pampered elite went on a shopping spree at the Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair, held on May 12th-15th.
整段话是这样的,充满讽刺的味道。
If you say, for example, that any doctor worth his or her salt would do something, you mean that any doctor who was good at his or her job or who deserved respect would do it.
e.g. No golf teacher worth his salt would ever recommend that you grip the club tightly.