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cum grano salis

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cum grano salis Latin [kʊm ˈgrɑːnəʊ ˈsɑːlɪs]
adv
with a grain of salt; not too literally
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So, as with so many of the other absurdities extant in our current society with which we are copiously bombarded, we must, in order to maintain a sense of hope for the future, take each in turn cum grano salis or at least with a dose of laughing gas.
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one finds the implicit directive to reread cum grano salis the poetry of a tradition in which the troping of the rose went unquestioned" (160).
Thomas E. Peterson. The Rose in Contemporary Italian Poetry by Licata, Laura Baffoni / Italica
 
 
 
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