"(With) a grain of salt," in modern English, is an idiom which means to view something with skepticism, or to not take it literally.
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Famous quotes containing the words grain of, grain and/or salt:
“With a grain of salt.”
—Pliny The Elder (23–79)
“Raise children for your old age as you would store up grain against famine.”
—Chinese proverb.
“At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)