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Take what she says with a grain of salt.
Meaning: Don't believe everything she says.
Story Behind It:
Long, long ago, there lived a king who feared being poisoned by his enemies. So, he created a recipe for a remedy against poison. His recipe contained seventy-two ingredients, including leaves of trees and nuts. In the last line of his recipe, he wrote with a grain of salt. This line became very famous since the grain of salt was the deciding ingredient in protecting against being poisoned. Later, the expression take something with a grain of salt came to have the meaning that a little bit of doubt can help protect against being poisoned by inaccurate or misleading information.
A: I believe everything she says.
B: You should take what she says with a grain of salt.