“take it with a grain of salt”
To be skeptical about something you have heard or read, treating it as only partially true or not entirely reliable. It suggests that you should not accept information at face value without applying some critical judgment. Listen to how native speakers pronounce "take it with a grain of salt" in the video clips below.
Hear how "take it with a grain of salt" sounds in real speech — 1,000 examples from 10 videos, movies, and TV shows. Channels: PowerfulJRE, WILD 'TIL 9, Call Her Daddy, Cut, Andrew Huberman and 3 more.
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YouTubePowerfulJRE1.8M views · 2025-03-07
Joe Rogan Experience #2286 - Antonio Brown
“take it with a grain of salt and be able”
things that happen in your career just … to cope with the situations you in you
Play at 9:32
YouTubeWILD 'TIL 9380K views · 2022-07-05
He’s a 10 But… ft. MissRemiAshten & Oli Abbas | Wild 'Til 9 Episode 96
“take it with a grain of salt and also”
don't do that … don't go if you're not ready to hear
Play at 33:53
YouTubeCall Her Daddy3.9M views · 2026-03-25
Jessi Draper: Blackmail, Orgies & Escorts
“take it with a grain of salt and then I”
and Dakota and I would just kind of like … would hear things from Taylor. At the
Play at 7:35
YouTubeCut852K views · 2022-08-31
People Call Their Ex To Ask "What Went Wrong?" | Just Calling To Say | Cut
“take it with a grain of salt yeah that's”
knowing all of that you could just like … true I know this person we met their
Play at 5:26
YouTubesZcJNlxnHBI
“Although take it
with a grain of salt”
has his best
approval numbers ever. … because my source for that
information is Donald Trump.
Play at 0:29
YouTubeAndrew Huberman806K views · 2023-02-13
Use Sleep to Enhance Learning, Memory & Emotional State | Dr. Gina Poe
“But take it with a grain
of salt is what I'm saying.”
So 70%, it's OK, it's OK. … ANDREW HUBERMAN: Yeah.
Play at 39:38
YouTubeKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell18.5M views · 2017-07-26
Optimistic Nihilism
“Please take it with a grain of salt; we don't know any more about human existence than you do.”
an unscientific, subjective point of view, the philosophy of Kurzgesagt, if you want. … We counter existential dread with optimistic nihilism.
Play at 3:10
YouTubeKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell10.2M views · 2019-12-15
Overpopulation & Africa
“but take it with a grain of salt,”
We've done our best to summarize our research and what they told us, … and check out our sources when we discussed this in more detail.
Play at 1:47
YouTubeColin and Samir131K views · 2024-11-26
We interviewed the CEO of Spotify
“to take it with a grain of salt that but”
Spotify so you know I I think you have … it is it's it's interesting of the
Play at 46:30
YouTubeLex Fridman1.7M views · 2022-09-04
John Vervaeke: Meaning Crisis, Atheism, Religion & the Search for Wisdom | Lex Fridman Podcast #317
“have to take it with a grain of salt but”
is all this stuff isn't recent so we … you know by a lot of objective measure
Play at 2:38:38