📚 Take something with a pinch of salt, phrase. ❓ Definition: Regard something as exaggerated; believe only part of something. ❗️ Examples: 1. I take anything he says with a large pinch of salt. 2. An AIB spokesman rejected the claim it was ripping off customers and said it took the report with a pinch of salt as it did not believe true like-for-like comparisons were made. 3. The next time someone says one bullet is vastly superior to another in regards to wind deflection, take their advice with a grain of salt and check for yourself. 4. Many personnel believe that no matter what they have to say, it will be taken with a grain of salt. 5. Since I had no recourse to take this route, I took the stories with a pinch of salt and never checked them out. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic