Phraseologism is “slightly salty”, the meaning of which is considered in this article, is used together with the verb “leave”. Separately, the expression somehow looks strange. But strangeness does not hinder to understand its meaning, give examples and tell the reader about the history of expression.
Origin
When salt costs 8 rubles, and the last figure is not amazing, it is difficult to believe that this was not always the case. In ancient times in Russia, salt was an extremely rare and expensive product. By the way, that is why spilling salt is still a bad omen, because such economic negligence portends financial losses. In fact, now a person can sprinkle salt from head to toe, and nothing will happen to him. We will reveal a terrible secret: omens and bad omens act strictly until the moment when a person believes in them. This is a characteristic feature of not only superstitions, but also nightmares. However, we were distracted. Yes, salt in ancient times was a rare product, and therefore - exquisite.
The guests were also divided into those who were salted with food and who were not. If you didn’t salt it, but there was seasoning in the house, then the guest left very quickly, especially not lingering. At the same time, the feast with salt lasted longer and was probably kinder and more fun.
Value
That is, of course, not necessarily the guests came in those days only to eat salty foods. But even modern man admits that food without salt is below average pleasure. Therefore, since then, the meaning “not achieving the desired, not having the satisfaction” has been attached to the meaning of the phraseology “not sulking”. Do not forget that the constant element of this design is the verb “leave”.
Salt is no longer a delicacy, we tried different overseas dishes with which salt cannot compete. But for some reason we don’t say: “Yes, I came, that means, to sign the document with the boss, and he didn’t care, well, I left, and did not bite the coddles a la naturel.” No, there is none of this. We don’t say that. When it comes to unfulfilled desires, people always recall the phraseology “not sipping gingerly”, the meaning of which we have examined.
“Tea or food” as a new measure of the owners' generosity
Now the salt, of course, does not surprise anyone. But there are a variety of ways to understand how the hosts relate to guests. Of course, not when there is an extensive feast, and absolutely everyone is invited to the holiday, because there the soul has reached such a state: everyone is considered as a friend. We are talking about a situation that arises in everyday life.
Here the calculation is simple: if the guests are welcome, then we feed them, drink and in every way we please. And when the presence of certain people in our house is undesirable, we only offer them tea out of decency. Then, when the tea in their cup ends, the owners come up with or really think about urgent matters, and the visit is quickly minimized. Thus, even despite the fact that the guests drank tea with sugar, they left "sloppy bread." The meaning of phraseologism, in a word, is already clear.
Of course, it is not worth asserting that in all houses in Russia a similar pattern is observed, but the trend is visible. In general, it’s quite logical that a person whom you don’t want to see does not come to a head to treat you with dainties.
Frustrated hopes
But we move away from the culinary theme and talk directly about the expectations that have never materialized. For example, a boy and a girl make an appointment. And the girl invites the young man to her home and says that they will be completely alone. He comes - and there is a "full-full box." Of course, he stayed, but then he nevertheless left "restlessly slandered," and he experienced the meaning of phraseology. The kid was counting on a romantic evening.
The Buddhist meaning of the Russian proverb
Now there are only people who agree without salt who would be worse off without it. Now getting salt is not a problem. But desires, passions, aspirations, hopes are still unsatisfied. And in this sense, the meaning of phraseology is always “unsanctioned”, and there will never be a lack of examples in it.
Life generally deceives expectations. She has a sense of humor, which she tirelessly trains in public. It’s only a shame that only a person can appreciate a joke, such delicacies are not available to our younger brothers. If you think for a long time about the speech revolution, which was by no means accidentally in our field of vision, then only one conclusion comes to mind: you should not hope. If there are no desires, there will be no suffering, and if there is no suffering, the spirit will become calm and crystal clear. True, the lack of consciousness, if it lasts too long, probably causes boredom. But few people managed to find out about this. From life, we are also leaving "sloppy bread."