Nino: Actually, I learned my first English via idioms but no, never heard that one. I know Westerners seem to have a thing for salt, throwing it behind their back sometimes, etc. Wonder why? Top us it used to be an extremely valuable commodity , used just like money. Indeed some today like Ethiopians in the south, Somalians, Eritreans, and others still use it as such.
But that makes me curious; Why would there be such an expression when salt is considered to be so valuable? To say , "Take it with a pinch of salt" seems to imply it should not be construed too seriously, yes? If so, it seems to not make sense.
But that makes me curious; Why would there be such an expression when salt is considered to be so valuable? To say , "Take it with a pinch of salt" seems to imply it should not be construed too seriously, yes? If so, it seems to not make sense.
