Meaning of with a grain of salt | Babel Free

Definitions

With a little common sense and skepticism.

idiomatic, not-comparable

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Examples

“I take anything I read on the Internet with a grain of salt.”

“In it, police laid out list of biographical factoids about BTK and urged residents to read it with a grain of salt. Releasing a list of his “claims,” they reasoned, might allow someone, somewhere to make a connection that police couldn't hope to.”

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