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pinch of salt en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A small amount of salt.
2. (figuratively) Caution, doubt, consideration.
   • Take anything he tells you with a pinch of salt: he's an inveterate liar and mixes truth with his fiction liberally.

Forms

Relateds

face value

Synonyms

grain of salt

Translations (31)

it dubbio (caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)) · nn klype salt (caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)) · ga gráinnín salainn (small amount of salt) · it pizzico di sale (small amount of salt) · hu egy csipetnyi só (small amount of salt) · ga pinsín salainn (small amount of salt) · cs špetka soli (small amount of salt) · it cautela (caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)) · fi ripaus suolaa (small amount of salt) · ru осторо́жность (caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)) · it con le pinze (caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)) · sh zȑno soli (caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)) · uk щі́пка со́лі (small amount of salt) · de Prise Salz (small amount of salt) · is með fyrirvara (caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)) · sh zȑno soli (small amount of salt) · hu fenntartás (caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)) · nl korreltje zout (caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)) · nb klype m or f salt (small amount of salt) · sv nypa salt (caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)) · cs s rezervou (caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)) · fr pincettes (caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)) · nb klype salt (caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)) · ru предосторо́жность (caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)) · fr pincée de sel (small amount of salt) · fi suolaripaus (small amount of salt) · fi varauksella (caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)) · nl snufje zout (small amount of salt) · nn klype f salt (small amount of salt) · ru щепо́тка со́ли (small amount of salt) · es una pizca de sal (small amount of salt)