Not worth his salt.
Salt of the earth.
Salting the earth – the ritual of spreading salt on conquered cities, a curse on their re-inhabitation.

Matthew 5:13
“Ye are the salt of the earth
but if the salt have lost his
savour, wherewith shall it be
salted? It is thenceforth good for
nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under
foot of man.”
Above the salt.
Worth their salt.
Below the salt.
Take with a pinch of salt.

Purifying salt.
Sacrificing salt.