Expression

Look here.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/put_salt_on_the_tail_of

I don't remember ever hearing anyone say this.

Anonymous"lay/put/cast salt on someone's tail" is giving me a bit of a headache. Would somebody explain it.

It's simply the fact that you can catch a bird by putting salt on its tail. It can't fly if there's salt on its tail.

While this is often told to children (I heard it myself more than once when I was that age), it is rarely used in any other co