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grain of salt
- To “take something with a grain of salt†is to view a statement with a skeptical attitude. “She took the claim that he didn't want to be president with a grain of salt.â€
Example Sentences
“Taiwan is taking it with a grain of salt. I think there’s an understanding that nice, big, round numbers create bargaining positions, but may not be the final numbers that are agreed on,†said Wen-ti Sung, a political scientist at Australia National University who specializes in cross-strait relations.
James learned to take everything with a grain of salt.
I’m from DOJ and I spent a lot of time there so take this with a grain of salt, but this is humongous in DOJ’s history.
As ever, the “record usage of this platform†boasts should be taken with a grain of salt, but X was undoubtedly a well-trafficked feed of information, both reliable and seriously unreliable, this election cycle.
Any platform, of course, has to be taken with a grain of salt.
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