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O que (quem) é with a grain of salt - definição

ENGLISH IDIOM EXPRESSING SKEPTICISM
Grano salis; Cum grano salis; Pinch of salt; With a grain of salt; With a pinch of salt; A grain of salt
  • Pliny the Elder's ''Naturalis Historia'' may be the origin of the phrase.

Grain of salt         
To take something with a "grain of salt" or "pinch of salt" is an English idiom that suggests to view something, specifically claims that may be misleading or unverified, with skepticism or to not interpret something literally.Webster's New World College Dictionary
cum grano salis         
[k?m ?gr?:n??'s?:l?s]
¦ adverb with a pinch of salt.
Origin
from L.
GRAIN         
  • Rapeseed]]
  • [[Cereal]] grain seeds clockwise from top-left: [[wheat]], [[spelt]], [[oat]], [[barley]].
  • [[Buckwheat]]
  • [[Barley]]
  • [[Lentil]]
  • Rice grains by the [[IRRI]]
  • Rye grains
  • [[Sunflower seed]]s
  • Illustration of a wheat kernel, its composition and the nutritional values of its parts.
SMALL, HARD, DRY SEED USED AS FOOD; MAY BE GROUND INTO FLOUR
Grains; Grains (agronomic); Food grains; Organic grain; Food grain; Grain farming
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Grain of salt

To take something with a "grain of salt" or "pinch of salt" is an English idiom that suggests to view something, specifically claims that may be misleading or unverified, with skepticism or to not interpret something literally.

In the old-fashioned English units of weight, a grain weighs approximately 65 mg, which is about how much table salt a person might pick up between the fingers as a pinch.

Exemplos do corpo de texto para with a grain of salt
1. Taken with a grain of salt The accuracy of figures regarding the size of Russian fortunes must be taken with a grain of salt.
2. However, these figures should be taken with a grain of salt.
3. Of course, such rhetoric before his election had to be taken with a grain of salt.
4. It is exaggerated, say Mohammed‘s tormentors, and must be taken with a grain of salt.
5. But whatever new advice Washington‘s thinkers may offer will certainly be taken with a grain of salt in Argentina.