pinch of salt
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pinch of salt
noun pinches of salt
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A small amount of salt.
Similar: grain of salt
- 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.
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noun small amount of salt
| Español | una pizca de sal |
|---|---|
| Français | pincée de sel |
| Deutsch | Prise Salz |
| Italiano | pizzico di sale |
| Русский | щепо́тка со́ли ščepótka sóli |
noun caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
| Français | pincettes |
|---|---|
| Italiano | con le pinze, cautela, dubbio |
| Русский | осторо́жность ostoróžnostʹ, предосторо́жность predostoróžnostʹ |
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