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To: ROCKLOBSTER

No, quite the opposite.

Take it with a grain of salt means check it; a million grains means check it a million times.


1,052 posted on 07/12/2022 8:30:21 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((the more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.) )
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To: WildHighlander57

“Take it with a grain of salt”

Where I grew up in Indiana meant be very wary or even skeptical of what is being said.


1,057 posted on 07/12/2022 8:43:35 AM PDT by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary that good men do nothing)
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To: WildHighlander57
Take it with a grain of salt means check it

Take it with a grain of salt means don't believe it or be skeptical.

Meaning:

1) to understand that something is not completely true or right
2) not take something too seriously
3) accept, but with some reservations or skepticism
4) don’t exactly believe something

(Source: theidioms.com)

Nothing about checking it.

1,096 posted on 07/12/2022 10:32:19 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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