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Pinch Salt Suspicious Hear She's Bend Truth Told

The expression "to take something with a pinch of salt" (or "grain of salt" in American English) means to be suspicious of what you hear and not believe everything.

L'espressione "to take something with a pinch of salt" (o "grain of salt" in americano) significa essere sospettosi riguardo a ciò che si sente e non credere a tutto.

Idiom to take something with a pinch of salt
Definition to be suspicious of what you hear; to not believe everything you hear
Examples - You need to take what she says with a pinch of salt. She's known to bend the truth.
- He told me he was a tennis champion in his younger days. But I've learned to take everything he says with a pinch of salt.
Note In American English it is usual to refer to a grain of salt.

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