or [sales slip]{n.} A paper which the clerk gives
the person who bought something; a paper that shows what you bought in a store
and how much you paid for it. •/Mrs. Smith checked the sales slip with what
she bought./ •/Mary brought the sales check when she returned the dress so
she could get her money back./
[sales talk]
{n.} A speech made to point out all the good reasons why
the sale would help someone who might buy the product. •/Mrs. Goldsmith gave
the man a good sales talk about the new house./ •/The coach gave a sales
talk on exercise in the school assembly./
[Salisbury steak]
{n.} A broiled or fried hamburger patty sometimes
containing eggs, milk, bread crumbs, and seasoning. •/James ordered a
Salisbury steak for lunch./
[salt]
See: BACK TO THE SALT MINES, TAKE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT also TAKE
WITH A PINCH OF SALT, WORTH ONE’S SALT.
[salt away]
{v.}, {informal} To save (money) for the future.
•/Every week Joe salts away half of his pay./
[salt of the earth]
{n. phr.}, {informal} One who helps to make
society good and wholesome; a basically good or valuable person. •/Everyone
here considers Syd and Susan the salt of the earth because they are so
generous./
[salt pork]
{n.} Very fat pork that has been packed in salt or dipped
in brine for curing. •/Mother cooked beans with salt pork for supper./
[same]
See: AT THE SAME TIME, ALL THE SAME, or JUST THE SAME, IN THE SAME
BREATH, LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE, ONE AND THE SAME.
[same here]
{informal} And it is the same with me; and the same for me. — Used only in speech. •/Mary ordered an ice cream soda, and Jill said,
"Same here."/ •/Tom said he was too tired to run any further, and Bill
said, "Same here."/
[sand]
See: HIDE ONE’S HEAD IN THE SAND.
[sand lot]
{n.} A field, vacant lot, or other open place used as a
sports playing field, usually by younger teams or by amateurs who can’t afford
to use anything better. •/Rogers Hornsby, who was National League baseball
batting champion six times, first started playing on Texas sand lots./
[sand-lot]
{adj.} Of the kind seen on sand lots; not professional.
•/The professional football team was so confused by their opponents' fast
play that they acted like a bunch of sand-lot amateurs./
[sand trap]
{n.} A low place on a golf course that is filled with sand
to stop the ball. •/The golfer lost four strokes trying to get the ball out
of the sand trap./
[sandwich board]
{n.} Two advertising signs worn by a man, one on his
chest and the other on his back. •/The man walking along Main Street wore a
sandwich board saying "Eat at Joe’s."/