"cum grano salis" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "New Latin coinage, derived from the phrase cum grānō salis (which was not used in Classical Latin).",
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  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "1817, “Observations on Ill Health, Arising from Indigestion”, in The Gentleman's magazine, Volume 87, Part 1, p420",
          "text": "This observation, taken cum grano salis, applies more or less to all who are daily exposed to the temptations of a superfluous table.",
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          "ref": "1861 \"Imputation,\" The Danville quarterly review, Volume 3 (September, 1861), Richard H. Collins, p403",
          "text": "The claim of Dr. Hodge that our standards sustain the view which he advocates, must be taken cum grano salis."
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          "ref": "1998, Joseph Needham, Christoph Harbsmeier, Science and civilisation in China, Cambridge University Press, page 142",
          "text": "Perhaps the ascription of grammatical structure to Classical Chinese sentences must even more often be taken cum grano salis, with a pinch of salt.",
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        "With a grain of salt; with a bit of common sense and skepticism."
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          "With a grain of salt",
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          "common sense",
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        "(idiomatic) With a grain of salt; with a bit of common sense and skepticism."
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  "word": "cum grano salis"
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  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "1817, “Observations on Ill Health, Arising from Indigestion”, in The Gentleman's magazine, Volume 87, Part 1, p420",
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          "ref": "1861 \"Imputation,\" The Danville quarterly review, Volume 3 (September, 1861), Richard H. Collins, p403",
          "text": "The claim of Dr. Hodge that our standards sustain the view which he advocates, must be taken cum grano salis."
        },
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          "ref": "1998, Joseph Needham, Christoph Harbsmeier, Science and civilisation in China, Cambridge University Press, page 142",
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        "With a grain of salt; with a bit of common sense and skepticism."
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        "(idiomatic) With a grain of salt; with a bit of common sense and skepticism."
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  "word": "cum grano salis"
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