grain of salt

English - English

Definition of grain of salt in English English dictionary

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

I'd take anything I read in that paper with a grain of salt.

Hyphenation

grain of SALT

Turkish pronunciation

greyn ıv sôlt

Pronunciation

/ˈgrān əv ˈsôlt/ /ˈɡreɪn əv ˈsɔːlt/

Etymology

() From Latin cum grano salis, literally with a grain of salt, figuratively with a bit of common sense.