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take [something] with a pinch of salt
To consider or evaluate something, such as a statement, while keeping in mind that it may not be completely true or accurate, typically due to the unreliability of the source. I heard that you can get a free movie ticket if you wear red, but Kevin told me that, so I'm going to take it with a pinch of salt. Take whatever that paper publishes with a pinch of saltit's really a tabloid.See also: of, pinch, salt, taketake something with a pinch of salt
mainly BRITISH or take something with a grain of salt
mainly AMERICANCOMMON If you say that someone should take some information with a pinch of salt, you mean that they should not believe it completely because it may not all be accurate or true. Reports from the authorities that the situation is calm should perhaps be taken with a pinch of salt. You have to take these findings with a grain of salt because respondents in attitude surveys tend to give the answers they feel they should. Note: A pinch of salt is a small amount of salt held between your thumb and your first finger. Some people believe that this expression refers to the King of Pontus, Mithridates VI, who lived in the first century BC. It is said that he made himself immune to poison by swallowing small amounts of it with a grain of salt. However, other people think that it is a medieval English expression, which suggests that you need to be suspicious of unlikely stories in the same way that you need salt with food. See also: of, pinch, salt, something, taketake something with a pinch [or grain] of salt
regard something as exaggerated; believe only part of something. 1998 Bookseller Meanwhilereaders should take the quotes they see with a pinch of salt. See also: of, pinch, salt, something, taketake something with a pinch of ˈsalt
[informal] not believe everything somebody says: She told me she knew people in the movie industry, but I took that with a pinch of salt. I take everything he says with a large pinch of salt. OPPOSITE: take something as/for gospel/gospel truthSee also: of, pinch, salt, something, takeSee also:- take [something] with a pinch of salt
- take with a pinch of salt
- take [something] with a grain of salt
- take what [one] says with a pinch of salt
- a grain of salt
- Close only counts in horseshoes
- close only counts in horseshoes [and hand grenades]
- horseshoe
- that's my story and I'm sticking to it
- make [something] good
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