"pinch of salt" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-us-pinch of salt.ogg Forms: pinches of salt [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|pinches of salt}} pinch of salt (plural pinches of salt)
  1. A small amount of salt. Synonyms: grain of salt Related terms: face value Translations (small amount of salt): špetka soli [feminine] (Czech), snufje zout (Dutch), ripaus suolaa (Finnish), suolaripaus (Finnish), pincée de sel [feminine] (French), egy csipetnyi só (Hungarian), gráinnín salainn [masculine] (Irish), pinsín salainn [masculine] (Irish), pizzico di sale (Italian), klype m or f salt (Norwegian Bokmål), klype f salt (Norwegian Nynorsk), щепо́тка со́ли (ščepótka sóli) [feminine] (Russian), zȑno soli [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), щі́пка со́лі (ščípka sóli) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-pinch_of_salt-en-noun-6uqJ9m17 Disambiguation of 'small amount of salt': 98 2
  2. (figuratively) Caution, doubt, consideration. Tags: figuratively Translations (caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)): korreltje zout (Dutch), varauksella (Finnish), pincettes [feminine, plural] (French), fenntartás (Hungarian), með fyrirvara (note: with a pinch of salt) (Icelandic), con le pinze (Italian), cautela (Italian), dubbio (Italian), klype m or f salt (Norwegian Bokmål), klype f salt (Norwegian Nynorsk), осторо́жность (ostoróžnostʹ) (Russian), предосторо́жность (predostoróžnostʹ) (Russian), zȑno soli [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), nypa salt [common-gender] (Swedish)
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