take something with a grain of salt

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What's the meaning of the idiom "to take something with a grain of salt"?
 
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What's the meaning of the idiom "to take somethimg with a grain of salt"?

Be careful about believing it. Don't take it too seriously. I use pinch rather than grain. This may be a BrE/AmE difference.
 

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"Grain" is perhaps better justified etymologically. The Latin original is "cum grano salis", and grain is the English version of Latin "granum". Wikipedia has an article on this.
 
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Be careful about believing it. Don't take it too seriously. I use pinch rather than grain. This may be a BrE/AmE difference.
That right. In AmE, grain is the unit we use.
 
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It means that don't believe in sonethign absolutely or totally ,listen to something with doubt.
 
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