salt mine
Meaning
- Any mine used for the extraction of salt.
- (broadly) Any laborious work situation, especially in a confined space.
- (Internet, derogatory) 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).
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