Take it with a grain of salt---- what does that mean???

[TangDN]

What does the expression "take it with a grain of salt" mean??????? What's the significance of salt?

 

[gopunk]

it's means you can listen to it if you want, but don't take it too seriously, and don't be surprised if it's wrong.

 

[PsychoAndy]

<< it's means you can listen to it if you want, but don't take it too seriously, and don't be surprised if it's wrong. >>



that or you have an iodine problem :roll

 

[b0mbrman]

Pompey the Great (106-48 B.C.) found in the palace of his deceased friend, Mithridates (mith-ri-DAY-teez), an antidote against poison--the ancient antecedent of "gun control"--which was, according to historian Pliny (PLIH-nee;23-79 A.D.), to be taken on an empty stomach with but a single grain of salt, presumably to counteract the bad taste of the antidote.

Sometime during the past two millennia, the expression "cum grano salis" has come to mean that one accepts an observation or a statement with a little reservation or skepticism.

 

[TangDN]

Ahhhhh... good stuff. Nice history lesson too! Thanks for the info, now I can understand what people are talking sometimes now

 

[Tripleshot]

Along the same themes , what about the phrase tit for tat?


I have a whole closet full of tat I would love to trade for...