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with a grain of salt

Adverb

Meaning

with a grain of salt (not comparable)

(idiomatic) With a little common sense and skepticism.
I take anything I read on the Internet with a grain of salt.

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Examples

Hemingway hated me. I sold 200 million books, and he didn't. Of course most of mine sold for 25 cents, but still... you look at all this stuff with a grain of salt. Mickey Spillane

Archivists take Wikipedia with a grain of salt. You think there's a troll behind the screen and don't know what's going on, what's the accountability. She walked us through this great unknown, Wikipedia land. She put us at ease. Adrianne Wadewitz

You have to take criticism with a grain of salt because you're never going to please everybody. Yolanda Adams

We have become so accustomed to hearing everyone claim that his product is the best in the world, or the cheapest, that we take all such statements with a grain of salt. Robert Collier

I take everything with a grain of salt. Hope Solo

What I know about Mike Tyson, I see in the boxing ring. As far as all of the gossip stuff that I hear about him, I know first hand to take that with a grain of salt. Gerald McRaney

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