old salt | Idiomator

Meaning: ; (idiomatic)Aseasonedsailor, especially one who ishardyandforthrightin manner.Hypernyms:old hand,veteran;sailor<person1863,James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 24, inMiles Wallingford‎[1]:[A]nold saltdon't like to keep under hatches, while powder is burning on deck.1887, Harriet W. Daly,Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page289:None of the spears, however, had touched any vital part, and being a toughold salthe was able to pull through.1910,Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 2, inKilmeny of the Orchard:"[Y]ou'll always find anold saltat the harbour ready and willing to take you out cod-fishing or lobstering."1931November 23, “Heroes: Almost Ahab”, inTime:Peerless hero of U. S. mariners is Captain Ahab, the vindictiveold saltwho sailed the southern oceans screaming for more canvas, cursing tired crews, laughing wildly into the gale.2004, Jane Marie Malcolm,The Goodbye Lie,→ISBN,page61:Theold saltprobably had more knowledge than anyone around when it came to the ports on the Atlantic coast, but he sensed the captain needed to talk so he patiently indulged him.

Examples:

EN: - Four hours out, and you're an old salt.
ES: - Cuatro horas y ya eres un lobo de mar.
EN: The lead boat, the Hyosuke Maru, was captained by an old salt who knew nothing about this watery arena.
ES: El barco principal estaba capitaneado por un viejo lobo de mar que no sabía nada de este escenario acuático.
EN: Gotta get back to the old salt mines tomorrow.
ES: Mañana tenemos que volver a la dura rutina.
EN: I'm an old salt I'm a young salt
ES: - Soy un viejo marinero
EN: It's just an old salt's snug anchorage.
ES: Es tan sólo un viejo ancladero.
EN: He's an old salt.
ES: Es un lobo de mar.
EN: Why, I've been given to understand you were an old salt.
ES: Tenía entendido que era un viejo lobo de mar.
EN: Who ami to contradict an old salt who was with decatur at Tripoli?
ES: ¿Cómo contradecir a un viejo lobo de mar que estuvo con Decatur en Trípoli?
EN: Everbody I've met in the past 24 hours is an old salt.
ES: Todos los que conocí en las últimas 24 horas son viejos lobos de mar.
EN: A bit of rough weather would only quicken the pulses of an old salt like me.
ES: Un poco de mal tiempo solo aceleraría los pulsos de una sal vieja como yo.
EN: And I understand that Harry, crusty old salt that he is, wanted to stay on in the marathon, but the doc says "no," and when it comes to something like this, the doctor's word is law.
ES: Sé que Harry es un marinero muy obstinado y quería quedarse, pero el médico ha dicho que no, y en una cuestión así, la palabra del médico es sagrada.
EN: Let me give you one piece of advice, one old salt to another.
ES: Te daré un consejo de un viejo lobo de mar a otro.
EN: - Nope, you know, that old salt's looking out for us.
ES: Sabes, ese viejo lobo de mar está cuidando de nosotros.
EN: And you've decided to become an old salt?
ES: ¿Y estás decidido a convertirte en un viejo lobo de mar?
EN: Smell the old salt air.
ES: Huele el aire salado de edad.

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