to take sth with a pinch of salt

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• 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

• pinch — pinch1 [pıntʃ] v [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: From an unrecorded Old North French pinchier] 1.) [T] to press a part of someone s skin very tightly between your finger and thumb, especially so that it hurts ▪ We have to stop her pinching her baby… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pinch — [pɪntʃ] verb I 1) [T] to squeeze someone s skin between your thumb and finger so that it hurts them Roger pinched my arm.[/ex] 2) [I/T] if shoes or clothes pinch, they hurt you because they fit too tightly 3) [T] British informal to steal… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• salt*/ — [sɔːlt] noun I 1) [U] a white substance that is often added to food to improve its flavour Add a pinch of salt.[/ex] 2) [C] science a chemical substance formed from an acid • take sth with a pinch of salt to doubt the truth or value of… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• pinch — 1 verb 1 (T) to press a part of someone s flesh very tightly between your finger and thumb, especially so that it hurts: Mum, he pinched me! 2 (T) informal to steal something, especially something small or not very valuable: Someone s pinched my… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• salt — salt1 W3S2 [so:lt US so:lt] n [: Old English; Origin: sealt] 1.) [U] a natural white mineral that is added to food to make it taste better or to preserve it ▪ This might need some salt and pepper. ▪ a pinch of salt (=a very small amount) ▪ Could… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• salt — 1 noun 1 (U) a natural white mineral that is added to food to make it taste better or to preserve it; sodium chloride technical: Try to reduce the amount of salt you use. | a pinch of salt | table salt (=very small grains of salt you use in… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• American and British English differences — For the Wikipedia editing policy on use of regional variants in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of style#National varieties of English. This is one of a series of articles about the differences between British English and American English, which …   Wikipedia

• grain — [greın] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(food)¦ 2¦(lines in wood etc)¦ 3¦(small piece)¦ 4 a grain of something 5 against the grain 6¦(measure)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin granum seed ] 1.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• grain — noun 1 FOOD a) (U) the seeds of crops such as corn, wheat, or rice that are gathered for use as food, or these crops themselves b) (C) a single seed of corn, wheat etc 2 OF WOOD ETC the grain the natural arrangement of the threads or fibres (3)… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• tip — Information given by one trader to another, which is used in making buy or sell decisions but is not available to the general public. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. tip tip 1 [tɪp] noun [countable] 1. a piece of advice about what is… …   Financial and business terms