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pinch of salt

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  1. pinch of saltnoun

    A small amount of salt.

  2. pinch of saltnoun

    Caution, doubt, consideration.

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  1. pinch of salt

    To take something with a "grain of salt" or "pinch of salt" is an English idiom that suggests to view something, specifically claims that may be misleading or unverified, with skepticism or to not interpret something literally.In the old-fashioned English units of weight, a grain weighs approximately 65 mg, which is about how much table salt a person might pick up between the fingers as a pinch.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pinch of salt in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pinch of salt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of pinch of salt in a Sentence

  1. Naveed Sattar:

    The CHNS could be that people who drink more tea avoid or less often drink more harmful sugary drinks or equivalent, or that they have other health behaviors that lead them to have lower risks of type 2 diabetes, the findings need to be taken with a very large pinch of salt( or cup of tea).

  2. Richard Perry:

    They're taking the Chinese central bank at its word, but I'm still taking those comments with a pinch of salt, selling short-term rallies on the FTSE would still seem to be a sensible strategy to play.

  3. Lorne Baring:

    By and large I just take them (the forecasts) with a pinch of salt, it's all about what (European Central Bank President Mario) Draghi says at its next meeting.

  4. David Bedford:

    My own view is that it will be very interesting to see what happens, and it might actually take the proper move to sub-two-hours on a bit, but I think we may have to take the result with a pinch of salt.Bedford (left) competes in the 10,000m at the 1972 Munich Olympics{.

  5. Kevin McConway:

    The findings need to be taken with a very large pinch of salt( or cup of tea), the trouble with meta-analysis findings is that the devil is always in the detail, and we don't have the detail. Which studies were included ? What was their quality ? Which people, from which countries, were studied ?


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