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adv. (context idiomatic English) With a bit of common sense and skepticism. Generally used in some form of ''to take with a grain of salt.''
Usage examples of "with a grain of salt".
The story about the time when he had gone traipsing to the west and had killed an arrow-wounded grizzly with a knife (a story that Tom, even at his tender years accepted with a grain of salt).
So the Holy Book must be read with a grain of salt, and even Saint Augustine knew that it often speaks more allegorico.
Nor did their reputation help, though Bahzell had always taken such tales with a grain of salt.
For the most part, they're foreign nationals, not our own people, which means any report from them has to be taken with a grain of salt, but they're the best we've had.
Since I had nothing to pool but a fur cape, I took it with a grain of salt.
I had nothing to pool but a fur cape, I took it with a grain of salt.
Stevens tended to take those reports with a grain of salt, and it was evident to him that Sir Ronald did, too.
I also discovered that the key to sanity is to take the entire world with a grain of salt.