TAKE SOMETHING WITH A PINCH OF SALT - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of take something with a pinch of salt in English

take something with a pinch of salt

idiom UK (US take something with a grain of salt) Add to word list Add to word list to not completely believe something that you are told, because you think it is unlikely to be true: You have to take everything she says with a pinch of salt, because she tends to exaggerate. Not believing

• (that's) a likely story! idiom
• anti-science
• anti-scientific
• are my eyes deceiving me? idiom
• as if! idiom
• authority
• foot
• iconoclastic
• in denial
• in your dreams! idiom
• incredulity
• incredulous
• joke
• pass
• salt
• self-deception
• since when idiom
• tell me another one! idiom
• truther
• yeah

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Translations of take something with a pinch of salt

in Chinese (Traditional) 對…半信半疑，對…有所懷疑… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 对…半信半疑，对…有所怀疑… See more in Spanish tomar algo con cierta reserva… See more Need a translator?

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take something to the next level idiom take something under advisement phrase take something up phrasal verb take something with a grain of salt idiom take something with a pinch of salt idiom take sth forward phrasal verb take stock (of something) idiom take stock idiom take that! idiom {{#randomImageQuizHook.filename}} {{#randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} Test your vocabulary with our fun image quizzes Try a quiz now {{/randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{^randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{/randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{/randomImageQuizHook.filename}}

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