with a grain of salt

Etymology
, literally with a grain of salt, figuratively with a bit of common sense (from Pliny’s Pompey’s discovery of an antidote against poison to be taken with a grain of salt).

Adverb

 * 1)  With a little common sense and skepticism.
 * I take anything I read on the Internet with a grain of salt.

Usage notes

 * Usually appears modifying the verb take.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Catalan:, , escepticisme
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 持懷疑態度
 * Czech: rezerva
 * Danish: med et gran salt
 * Dutch: met een korreltje zout
 * Finnish: varauksin, varauksellisesti, ,
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German: mit einem Körnchen Salz
 * Hebrew: עם קמצוץ מלח, בערבון מוגבל, בהסתייגות מסוימת
 * Hungarian: fenntartással
 * Italian: col sale in zucca, con un po' di sale in zucca
 * Japanese: 話半分
 * Latin: cum grano salis
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: med en klype salt
 * Nynorsk: med ei klype salt
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: coger con pinzas, tomar con pinzas, tomar con reservas, creer la mitad, con un grano de sal
 * Swedish: