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- take with a pinch of salt
take with a pinch of salt
take something with a pinch of salt
and take something with a grain of sltFig. to listen to a story or an explanation with considerable doubt. You must take anything she says with a grain of salt. She doesn't always tell the truth. They took my explanation with a pinch of salt. I was sure they didn't believe me.
take something with a pinch of salt
(British & Australian) also take something with a grain of salt (American & Australian) if you take what someone says with a pinch of salt, you do not completely believe it You have to take everything she says with a pinch of salt. She has a tendency to exaggerate. It's interesting to read the reports in the newspapers, but I tend to take them with a grain of salt.
See rub salt in the wound
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Viktoriya | | veek-TO-ree-yah (Russian) | Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian |
Otakar | | - | Czech |
Nojus | | - | Lithuanian |
Lorin | | - | English |
Herodias | | - | Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek |
Milodrag | | - | Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical) |