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take [something] with a grain of salt

To consider or evaluate something, such as a statement, with the understanding 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 grain of salt. Take whatever that paper publishes with a grain of saltit's really a tabloid.See also: grain, of, salt, take

See also:

• take [something] with a pinch of salt
• take something with a pinch of salt
• take with a pinch of salt
• take what [one] says with a pinch of salt
• a grain of salt
• clear-eyed
• Close only counts in horseshoes
• close only counts in horseshoes [and hand grenades]
• horseshoe
• that's my story and I'm sticking to it

take with a grain of salt

accept or believe only part of something You should take everything that he says with a grain of salt as everyone knows that he likes to exaggerate things when he is speaking.

take with a grain of salt|a grain of salt|a pinch

v. phr. To accept or believe only in part; not accept too much. A man who says he is not a candidate for President should usually have his statement taken with a grain of salt. We took Uncle George's stories of the war with a pinch of salt.