a grain of truth

a small amount of truth There's a grain of truth in what she says but it's greatly exaggerated.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ransom	['rænsəm]
Shahriyar	-	Persian
Anneli	AHN-ne-lee	Finnish
Cesarina	che-sah-REE-nah	Italian
Karmela	-	Croatian
Marie	ma-REE (French), mah-REE (German)	French, Czech, German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish