英语词汇salt a mine的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	salt a mine
词源	salt a mine. To secretly stock a gold, silver, or diamond mine with ore or precious stones to make it appear valuable. The ex- pression is said to derive from the practice of dishonest miners scattering a handful of salt, which is the color of gold dust, through mines they wished to sell to unwary investors.
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