pinch of salt

pinch of salt

English

Noun

pinch of salt (plural pinches of salt)

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.

Synonyms

• grain of salt

Translations

small amount of salt

Czech: špetka soli f Dutch: snufje zout Finnish: ripaus suolaa, suolaripaus French: pincée de sel f Irish: gráinnín salainn m, pinsín salainn m Italian: pizzico di sale

Norwegian: Bokmål: klype m or f salt Nynorsk: klype f salt Russian: щепо́тка со́ли f (ščepótka sóli) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: zȑno soli n

taken with caution

Dutch: korreltje zout Finnish: varauksella Icelandic: (with a pinch of salt) með fyrirvara (is) Italian: con le pinze, cautela (it), dubbio (it) Norwegian: Bokmål: klype m or f salt Nynorsk: klype f salt

Russian: осторо́жность (ru) (ostoróžnostʹ), предосторо́жность (ru) (predostoróžnostʹ), Serbo-Croatian: Roman: zȑno soli n Swedish: nypa salt c

See also

• face value