very good,honest, andreasonable, and notthinkingyou arespecialin any way:
They were such alovelycouple. They really were thesaltof theearth.
He was thesortofpersonreferred to assaltof theearth: veryfriendlyandstraightforward.
It's acommunitywith agreatsenseofpride,fullofsaltof theearthpeople.
He's a salt-of-the-earthtypewithabsolutelyno pretentions.