TAKE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT

Meaning of TAKE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT in English

accept or believe only part of something You should take everything that he says with a grain of salt as everyone knows that he likes to exaggerate things when he is speaking.

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TAKE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT — regard with suspicion, not treat with seriousness, not accept as certain
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TAKE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT — Synonyms and related words : admit, admit exceptions, allow, allow for, awake a doubt, be diffident, be doubtful, be dubious, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TAKE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT — = take with a pinch of salt
Slang English vocab
TAKE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT — See take it with a grain of salt
English Idioms vocabulary
TAKE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT — v. phr. To accept or believe only in part; not accept too much. A man who says he is not …
American Idioms English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SALT — I Chemical compound formed when the hydrogen of an acid is replaced by a metal or its equivalent, such as …
Английский словарь Британика
WITH — I. (|)wi]th, ]th, _wə] preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, preposition & adverb, against, opposite, toward, with; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SALT — I. ˈsȯlt, chiefly Brit ˈsält noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sealt; akin to Old Frisian, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRAIN — I. ˈgrān noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English grain, grein, partly from Middle French grain cereal plant, kernel, grain, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAKE — — takable, takeable , adj. — taker , n. /tayk/ , v. , took, taken, taking , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SALT — salt 1 — saltlike , adj. /sawlt/ , n. 1. a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRAIN — — grainer , n. — grainless , adj. /grayn/ , n. 1. a small, hard seed, esp. the seed of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk verb ( took ˈtu̇k ; tak·en ˈtā-kən ; tak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SALT — I. ˈsȯlt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sealt; akin to Old High German salz salt, Lithuanian saldus sweet, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GRAIN — I. ˈgrān noun Etymology: Middle English, partly from Anglo-French grain cereal grain, from Latin granum; partly from Anglo-French graine seed, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE — p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
SALT — noun marshes flooded by the tide. 2. salt ·noun fig.: bitter; sharp; pungent. 3. salt ·noun fig.: salacious; lecherous; lustful. …
Webster English vocab
GRAIN — noun to yield fruit. 2. grain ·noun a tine, prong, or fork. 3. grain ·noun a blade of a sword, …
Webster English vocab
TAKE — [take] vb took ; tak.en ; tak.ing [ME, fr. OE tacan, fr. ON taka; akin to MD taken to take] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SALT — [salt] n [ME, fr. OE sealt; akin to OHG salz salt, Lith saldus sweet, L sal salt, Gk hals salt, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GRAIN — [grain] n [ME, partly fr. MF grain cereal grain, fr. L granum; partly fr. MF graine seed, kermes, fr. L …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SALT — in chemistry, substance produced by the reaction of an acid with a base. A salt consists of the positive ion …
Britannica English vocabulary
GRAIN — unit of weight equal to 0.065 gram, or 1/7,000 pound avoirdupois. One of the earliest units of common measure and …
Britannica English vocabulary
SALT — salt, Salt, SALT BrE AmE sɔːlt sɒlt sɑːlt — Preference poll, British English: sɔːlt 43%, sɒlt 57%. ▷ salted ˈsɔːlt …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TAKE — / teɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( took / tʊk; NAmE / taken / ˈteɪkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SALT — / sɔːlt; NAmE ; BrE also sɒlt/ noun , verb , adjective ■ noun 1. [ U ] a white …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRAIN — / greɪn; NAmE / noun 1. [ U , C ] the small hard seeds of food plants such as …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITH — with S1 W1 /wɪð, wɪθ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: 'against, from, with' ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SALT — I. salt 1 S2 W3 /sɔːlt $ sɒːlt/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: sealt ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GRAIN — grain /ɡreɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin granum 'seed' ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SALT — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 (also common salt) sodium chloride; the substance that gives sea water its characteristic taste, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GRAIN — n. & v. --n. 1 a fruit or seed of a cereal. 2 a (collect.) wheat or any allied grass …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKE — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SALT — n., adj., & v. n. 1 (also common salt) sodium chloride; the substance that gives sea water its characteristic taste, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GRAIN — n. & v. n. 1 a fruit or seed of a cereal. 2 a (collect.) wheat or any allied grass …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Oxford English vocab
SALT — n., adj., & v. --n. 1. (also common salt) sodium chloride; the substance that gives sea water its characteristic taste, …
Oxford English vocab
GRAIN — n. & v. --n. 1. a fruit or seed of a cereal. 2 a (collect.) wheat or any allied grass …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITH — Pronounced /wɪð/ for meanings 20 and 21. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SALT — ( salts, salting, salted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Salt is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRAIN — ( grains) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A grain of wheat, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SALT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a high sugar/salt/fibre etc content ▪ Red meat tends to have a high fat …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GRAIN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES go against the grain (= are not what I would normally choose to do ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SALT — [adjective] [before noun; not gradable]Salt water is sea water.salt water lakes/lagoonssalt water fish/plantsThe estuary - a partially enclosed bay where …
Cambridge English vocab
SALT — Synonyms and related words : AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Attic, Atticism, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Neptune, OD, Poseidon, Tabasco, Varuna, Worcestershire …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TAKE — INDEX: to take somebody or something from one place to another 1. to take someone or something from one place …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SALT — Indispensable as salt is to ourselves, it was even more so to the Hebrews, being to them not only an …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAKE — 1. гл. 1) а) брать, взять б) захватывать, овладевать, схватить (с применением силы) to take as a prisoner ≈ взять …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SALT — 1. сущ. 1) а) соль; пищевая, поваренная соль to pour salt ≈ сыпать соль garlic salt ≈ соль с чесноком …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WITH — with.ogg _I 1. wıð = wthe I и II 2. wıð = withe I и II _II wıð prep 1. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SALT — 1) соль 2) солить, засаливать • to salt down — засаливать, консервировать посолом; to salt out — высаливаться; to salt …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
GRAIN — 1) зерно; кристалл; гранула; песчинка; крупинка 2) гранулировать; зернить 3) кристаллизоваться 4) текстура 5) (фото)эмульсионное зерно 6) зернистость 7) волокно …
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