“grain of”

The following 2 entries include the term grain of.

grain of salt

noun phrase

: a skeptical attitude —used in the phrase take (something) with a grain/pinch of salt

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grain of paradise

: one of the pungent seeds of a West African plant (Aframomum melegueta) of the family Zingiberaceae used as a spice —usually used in plural

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