To the salt mines

Posted by Victoria S Dennis on February 10, 2008 at 12:47:

In Reply to: To the salt mines posted by R. Berg on February 10, 2008 at 12:46:

: : What does it mean when someone says 'We will send her to the salt mines'?

: We will give her a difficult or boring work assignment. (Depending on the situation, this may mean demoting her.) ~rb

The origin being in Imperial and Soviet Russia, in which rebels and dissidents of all kinds were routinely condemned to be sent to Siberia to work in the Siberian salt mines. (VSD)

• To the salt mines DavidFG 10/February/08