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I see a headline like that thinking someone will take it as a dare. Of course the source is prone to overhype, so it's worth a grain (or twenty) of salt.
by mathattack 12y ago
I see a headline like that thinking someone will take it as a dare. Of course the source is prone to overhype, so it's worth a grain (or twenty) of salt.
- jahewson 12y agoYou got your idiom backwards: more salt = more meat and substance in the story, less salt = less substance.
- jcbrand 12y agoThat idiom doesn't work the way you think it works :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain_of_salt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain_of_salt
- mathattack 12y agoI like the reference. :-) And I've been misusing the idiom for at least 10 years without correction!
- jahewson 12y agoMy dictionary lied to me! Wikipedia to the rescue again, very interesting.