To take something “with a grain of salt” is an expression meaning that one views it with skepticism. “I tried taking everything in life with a grain of salt, but after using up two bags of salt I gave up” is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many images.
“I tried taking everything in life with a grain of salt, but after using up two bags of salt I gave up” was posted on Twitter on September 22, 2012.
Wikipedia: Grain of salt
”(With) a grain of salt”, (or “a pinch of salt”) is an idiom of the English language, which means to view something with skepticism or not to interpret something literally.
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Kafrine 🌸
@Emy97414
I tried taking everything in life with a grain of salt, but after using up two bags of salt I gave up.
4:16 AM - 22 Sep 2012
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sfh abdullah
@pidoyoyoooo
I tried taking everything in life with a grain of salt, but after using up two bags of salt I gave up.
10:04 AM - 22 Sep 2012
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@IeshaStar
I tried taking everything in life with a grain of salt, but after using up two bags of salt I gave up. -
6:55 PM - 24 Sep 2012
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Lyn Almendrala-Nogoy
@lynchingching
I tried taking everything in life with a grain of salt, but after using up two bags of salt I gave up. #quote
4:00 PM - 4 Sep 2017
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John’s World 🌐
@LifeWithJohn
I tried taking everything in life with a grain of salt, but after using up two bags of salt I gave up. #quote #humor
8:13 PM - 1 Feb 2018
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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