salt-mine

salt mine

noun
1.
a mine from which salt is excavated.
2.
Usually, salt mines. a place of habitual confinement and drudgery: After two weeks of vacation it will be back to the salt mines for the staff.
Origin:
1675–85

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salt mine

noun
1. a mine where salt is dug 
2. a job involving drudgery and confinement [syn: treadmill] 
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