pinch of salt

English

Noun

pinch of salt (plural pinches of salt)

A small amount of salt.
(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

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