>To understand that something is not completely true or right
>Not take something too seriously
>Accept, but with some reservations or skepticism
>Don’t exactly believe something
Example
How so ever he tried to covince her, she did not belive and fixed her mind. So, he has to take it with a pinch of salt
The reports painting a rosy scenario of the current economic condition are to be taken with a grain of salt
I’ll take anything he says with a grain of salt as has a habit of exaggerating things.