take something with a pinch of salt
• regard something as exaggerated; believe only part of something.
• "I take anything he says with a large pinch of salt"
Similar:
disbelieve,
not believe,
not credit,
give no credence to,
discredit,
discount,
doubt,
distrust,
mistrust,
be suspicious of,
have no confidence/faith in,
be incredulous of,
be unconvinced about,
not accept,
reject,
repudiate,
question,
challenge,
contradict,
with reservations,
with misgivings,
with a grain of salt,
sceptically,
cynically,
mistrustfully,
doubtfully,
doubtingly,
suspiciously,
disbelievingly,
questioningly,
quizzically,
incredulously,
Opposite:
believe,
credulously,
as gospel,
