Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “take something with a pinch of salt“ and its meaning is “disbelieve, distrust, doubt, be wary of, be suspicious of, have no confidence/faith in, be unconvinced about”.
Example Sentence: Doomsday prophecies of western scholars should be taken with a pinch of salt. The resilience shown by the Russian state in the face of heavy-handed economic sanctions and the efforts on the part of the West to isolate Moscow give Russia a prominent place on the world stage. Russia’s efforts to galvanise the support of anti-western countries and expose the double standards of the West seem to be successful.
This phrase is present in It’s ‘Ra-Ra-Ras-Putin’ in the Russian election and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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