below the salt gen.

[Vilena33]

Друзья, просьба помочь с переводом следующей фразы:

"it is only I whosometimes wonder if he is not, in truth, a petty princeling seated below the salt at the grand banquet which is Christendom."

Контекст:

No wonder that my brother values himself so highly, he is right to value himself so highly; it is only I who sometimes wonder if he is not, in truth, a petty princeling seated below the salt at the grand banquet which is Christendom.

[Alexander Orlov]

below the salt - думаю, имеется в виду "соль земли"

[nephew]

The less favored guests sat at the lower tables — below the salt
(в ресторане это значит на сквозняке и у сортира. или у кухни :))

[nephew]

sit below the salt - be of lower social standing. [from the former custom of placing a salt cellar in the middle of a dining table with the host at one end.]

[Rengo]

на нижнем конце стола

[Serg_2012]

... у параши ...

[Alexander Orlov]

"'Below the salt' historically referred to those people who could not afford salt, or any of the other trappings of affluence. They were the poorest in society."
а сайт называется www.saltoftheearth.btck.co.uk :)

[nephew]

народная этимология

[Serg_2012]

... ну короче бомжи отстойные ...