worth one's salt

And as for mind games, all teachers worth their salt use them.

Any child worth their salt is going to test that, and then it's up to the parent to hold firm.

Any woman worth her salt, would she marry a man my age?

No manager worth their salt is going to discredit you for that.

There isn't a woman on earth worth her salt who would agree.

Every organization worth its salt has at least one guy like this.

A cruiser command, the dream of every officer worth her salt!

The instant a document like this is published, then all the reporters worth their salt are after me.

And there's no recovery worth its salt that doesn't put the American people back to work.

Every newspaper worth its salt should print the names of those who have been killed or wounded on the front page each day.