Idiom
cum grano salis
Meaning
With a grain of salt; with a bit of common sense and skepticism.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You should take his advice cum grano salis.”
“The internet is full of rumors, so you should always read the news cum grano salis.”
“Historians often examine ancient texts cum grano salis, acknowledging that the authors may have had their own political agendas.”
Examples
simple
“You should take his advice cum grano salis.”
contextual
“The internet is full of rumors, so you should always read the news cum grano salis.”
complex
“Historians often examine ancient texts cum grano salis, acknowledging that the authors may have had their own political agendas.”
Origin
The term is a New Latin coinage, provided in the form cum grānō salis. It was not a feature of Classical Latin.
Key words
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