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grain of salt

English idiom expressing skepticism
Thing idiom Q1143598
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grain of salt

Summary

grain of salt is an idiom[1]. It draws 226 Wikipedia views per month (idiom category, ranking #19 of 97).[2]

Key Facts

  • grain of salt's instance of is recorded as idiom[3].
  • grain of salt's instance of is recorded as Latin phrase[4].
  • grain of salt's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0p_zw[5].

Why It Matters

grain of salt draws 226 Wikipedia views per month (idiom category, ranking #19 of 97).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). grain of salt. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/grain-of-salt
MLA “grain of salt.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/grain-of-salt.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_grain-of-salt_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{grain of salt}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/grain-of-salt}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): grain of salt — https://4ort.xyz/entity/grain-of-salt (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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