I'm pretty the parent has the correct use here. "If you say "large grain of salt", you're saying "take more of it", which has the opposite meaning from what yo

I'm pretty the parent has the correct use here. "If you say "large grain of salt", you're saying "take more of it", which has the opposite meaning from what you intended." The claim here is not the salt, the salt is the skepticism. Well, that's how I understand it anyway. http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/take-with-a-grain-of-salt.html http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/take-with-a-grain-of-salt...