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Khoff Posted 21 years ago
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Take it with a grain of salt
0 I know how to use this phrase - it means not to automatically accept something as true -- but I don't know where it comes from. Can anyone help? Thanks! 0-
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0 Brewer explains the Latin equivalent thus: 02 br
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00 ' 01 i 00 *** grano salis 02 i 00 With great limitation; with its grain of salt or truth. As salt is sparingly used in condiments, so is truth in the remark just made.' 02 br
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00 But to my mind, that doesn't seem quite to fit, since the 'grain of salt' is added by the listener, when
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00 ' 01 i 00 *** grano salis 02 i 00 With great limitation; with its grain of salt or truth. As salt is sparingly used in condiments, so is truth in the remark just made.' 02 br
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00 But to my mind, that doesn't seem quite to fit, since the 'grain of salt' is added by the listener, when
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0 Maybe it's BrE, because I'm used to "pinch". However, (and I'm showing off now) '*** grano salis' comes from Pliny the Elder's 'Historia Naturalis' - one of my very favourite bed-time stories. 02 br
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00 It refers to a recipe which was an antidote to poison, so the listener takes "a pinch of salt" to avoid being poisoned by the speaker's words. 05 0 010id 15
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00 It refers to a recipe which was an antidote to poison, so the listener takes "a pinch of salt" to avoid being poisoned by the speaker's words. 05 0 010id 15
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0 Scientists would say, "Salt is not healthy for you, but please take it With 1 g. of potassium chloride." 02 br
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