with a pinch of salt

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• with\ a\ pinch\ of\ salt — • with a grain of salt • with a pinch of salt See: take with a grain of salt …   Словарь американских идиом

• with a pinch of salt — WITH RESERVATIONS, with misgivings, sceptically, cynically, doubtfully, doubtingly, suspiciously, quizzically, incredulously. → salt * * * phrasal : with reservations …   Useful english dictionary

• With a pinch of salt — with some reserve; without wholly believing …   Dictionary of Australian slang

• with a pinch of salt — Australian Slang with some reserve; without wholly believing …   English dialects glossary

• take something with a pinch of salt — phrase to doubt the truth or value of something If I were you, I’d take his advice with a pinch of salt. Thesaurus: to not trust or believe someone or somethingsynonym Main entry: salt * * * take (something) with a pinch of salt see …   Useful english dictionary

• take something with a pinch of salt — take (something) with a pinch of salt British & Australian, American & Australian if you take what someone says with a pinch of salt, you do not completely believe it. You have to take everything she says with a pinch of salt. She has a tendency… …   New idioms dictionary

• take with a pinch of salt — take (something) with a pinch of salt British & Australian, American & Australian if you take what someone says with a pinch of salt, you do not completely believe it. You have to take everything she says with a pinch of salt. She has a tendency… …   New idioms dictionary

• take with a pinch of salt — see under ↑salt1 • • • Main Entry: ↑pinch * * * take (something) with a pinch of salt see ↑salt, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑pinch …   Useful english dictionary

• take\ smth\ with\ a\ pinch\ of\ salt — • take (smth) with a grain of salt • take (smth) with a pinch of salt v. phr. To accept or believe only in part; not accept too much. A man who says he is not a candidate for President should usually have his statement taken with a grain of salt …   Словарь американских идиом

• take\ with\ a\ pinch\ of\ salt — • take (smth) with a grain of salt • take (smth) with a pinch of salt v. phr. To accept or believe only in part; not accept too much. A man who says he is not a candidate for President should usually have his statement taken with a grain of salt …   Словарь американских идиом

• take with a pinch of salt — • take (smth) with a grain of salt • take (smth) with a pinch of salt (smth) not take seriously something someone has said You can take everything that he says with a grain of salt. Digest 16/2002 (smth) to be skeptical or cautious about… …   Idioms and examples