Idiom of the Day February 1, 2021

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

✍🏾Meaning

If you take what someone says with a grain of salt, or with a pinch of salt, you have doubts about the truth or accuracy of what they say.

❗️For example

🔸Uncle Bill tells some great stories, but we take what he says with a grain of salt because he sometimes exaggerates or makes things up.

🔸Sue says the internet is great, but she takes a lot of the information there with a pinch of salt until she sees the same information on a few different websites.

▫️Note

"Take it with a grain of salt" is more common in American and Australian English, while "take it with a pinch of salt"