Definitions for grain of salt
grain of salt

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1. grain of saltnoun

   A bit of common sense and skepticism. Generally used in some form of to take with a grain of salt.

2. Etymology: From Latin cum grano salis, literally with a grain of salt, figuratively with a bit of common sense.

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1. Grain of salt

   To take something with a "grain of salt" or "pinch of salt" is an English language idiom that means to view something with skepticism or not to interpret something literally.In the old-fashioned English units of weight, a grain weighs approximately 60 mg, which is about how much table salt a person might pick up between the fingers as a pinch.

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1. Grain of salt

   " a grain of salt," in modern English, is an idiom which means to view something with skepticism, or to not take it literally.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of grain of salt in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of grain of salt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of grain of salt in a Sentence

1. Josh Hawley:

   There's clearly some animus here towards the President. I think that's pretty apparent on both sides, i just think that there's a lot of desire for publicity here. ... I think you've got to take this with a grain of salt.

2. Odell Beckham Jr.:

   You take it [with] a grain of salt because it could get to a point in the game — and I could be frustrated, but really just wanting to pump everybody up. And they see something on the sideline and it's like, ‘Oh, there he is. There's the old, Odell.’ You know what I mean? Like that's just the way that the world works. It doesn't really make sense, but that's what they do. So, I think winning cures everything. That might be the answer. I think winning cures it all.

3. Boston University Annas:

   I'm sure the doctors are swayed by their prestigious patient, but I think the public knows that, too, we take the results with a grain of salt, but it's better than nothing.

4. Randall Kroszner:

   I think you'll hear broadly about supply chain disruptions, we have to take anything positive there with a grain of salt.

5. Primo Levi:

   In order for the wheel to turn, for life to be lived, impurities are needed, and the impurities of impurities in the soil, too, as is known, if it is to be fertile. Dissension, diversity, the grain of salt and mustard are needed: Fascism does not want them, forbids them, and that's why you're not a Fascist; it wants everybody to be the same, and you are not. But immaculate virtue does not exist either, or if it exists it is detestable.

References

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