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back to the salt mines What does back to the salt mines mean?	to return to work or return to something else that you do not want to do	We finished our lunch and went back to the salt mines.
back to the salt mines What does back to the salt mines mean?	to go back to work (this is a humorous expression to express going back to unpleasant work)	"Lunch is over so let`s go back to the salt mines for the afternoon."
back to the salt mines What does back to the salt mines mean?	to return to work or return to something else that you do not want to do	We finished our lunch and went back to the salt mines.
back to the salt mines What does back to the salt mines mean?	to go back to work (this is a humorous expression to express going back to unpleasant work)	"Lunch is over so let`s go back to the salt mines for the afternoon."
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in the second place What does "in the second place" mean?	in addition, secondly	In the first place I am very tired and in the second place I don't have enough money to go to the movie.
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Back To The Salt Mines Idiom