It went against the grain of salt
Posted: March 6, 2015 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: attorneys, expressions, go against the grain, grain of salt, humor language, lawyers, malaphor, malaphors, words 2 CommentsAn attorney was referring to a client who had fibbed about a number of things. The attorney felt that one of his client’s statements was true, and that “it went against the grain of salt”. This is a wonderful mix of “go against the grain” (not what is usually said) and “grain of salt” (skeptically or with reservations). A kernel of truth also comes to mind. The unintentional merging of the two idioms is ingenious as it describes a person who is rarely truthful. Kudos to Sam Edelmann for sending this one in.
The attorney would have been fine if he just left off “of salt” at the end.
True, but adding “of salt” brings extra meaning to his comment.