Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

like a dose of salts

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables: like a -dose of salts
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Very quickly and thoroughly.

Example Sentences

"After five minutes' conversation with me the old folks would penetrate the deception like a dose of salts."
"Every so often a mass campaign swept the country like a dose of salts, and officials, writers, artists, people in the public eye were purged and flushed out on a tidal wave of hysteria."
"Carew, a notorious axeman, had just gone through a neighbouring regional station like a dose of salts, restructuring and streamlining, as he liked to call it."
"She was a bit concerned about the old woman getting down on her knees because of her complaints about rheumatism, but ever since Becky had dropped her off, the maid had not stopped working and had gone through the hotel like a dose of salts."

Etymology

From the laxative properties of Epsom salts.

Questions

What does like a dose of salts mean?: Very quickly and thoroughly.
Where does like a dose of salts come from?: From the laxative properties of Epsom salts.

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