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jahewson
on July 22, 2014
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You got your idiom backwards: more salt = more meat and substance in the story, less salt = less substance.
jcbrand
on July 22, 2014
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That idiom doesn't work the way you think it works :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain_of_salt
mathattack
on July 23, 2014
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I like the reference. :-) And I've been misusing the idiom for at least 10 years without correction!
jahewson
on July 24, 2014
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My dictionary lied to me! Wikipedia to the rescue again, very interesting.
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