Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “take something with a pinch/grain of salt“ and its meaning is “disbelieve, distrust, doubt, be wary of, be suspicious of, have no confidence/faith in”.
Example Sentence: Developed countries have historically (regularly) opposed India’s Public Stockholding (PSH) programme as they apprehend (perceive) that India might divert some of its public stock to the international market, thus depressing global prices. While this argument should be taken with a pinch of salt, India actively pushing for exporting food from its official granaries (storehouses) gives fresh ammunition to the naysayers (people who oppose something) to stick to their guns (continue/be persistent) in opposing a permanent solution to the PSH issue.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article India’s ‘wheat waiver’ WTO demand is risk-fraught and click here to read it.
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