Take it with a Grain of Salt.
English
idiom
To not completely believe or trust something.
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To not completely believe or trust something.
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When you take something with a grain of salt, you stay skeptical — you listen but don’t accept it as completely true.
People use it when the source may be unreliable or the claim seems exaggerated.
"Give the Benefit of the Doubt"
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Trust something is true even without full evidence
"Take at Face Value"
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Accept something as true without questioning it at all
"Take it with a Grain of Salt"
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Listen but stay skeptical about the full truth
The consultant said our projections are way too conservative.
I’d take that with a grain of salt — they often oversell potential to win the contract.
Take everything he says about the new job with a grain of salt.
Yeah, I kind of sensed that too — he always makes things sound better than they are.
I heard this restaurant is the best in the city.
I’d take that with a grain of salt — those rankings change all the time.
