Poll of the Day > 'so take this with a MASSIVE grain of salt'

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that means the exact opposite of what you meant.

anyway,

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What would a massive grain of salt look like

Would it be like a whole crystal? Like one of those pink lamps?

so take this with an unworldly chunk of salt

DirtBasedSoap posted...

that means the exact opposite of what you meant.

It doesn't though.

Unless the person is using it to be "This is totally verified and 100% true". Then it would mean the opposite.

I thought the phrase 'a massive grain of salt' was meant to emphasize that the following statement or whatever is definitely a grain of salt and shouldn't be taken any other way.

josh posted...

I thought the phrase 'a massive grain of salt' was meant to emphasize that the following statement or whatever is definitely a grain of salt and shouldn't be taken any other way.

thats what theyre trying to say but it would be more appropriate if they said take this with the tiniest grain of salt imaginable

idk man grain of salt's a grain of salt

josh posted...

I thought the phrase 'a massive grain of salt' was meant to emphasize that the following statement or whatever is definitely a grain of salt and shouldn't be taken any other way.

DirtBasedSoap posted...

thats what theyre trying to say but it would be more appropriate if they said take this with the tiniest grain of salt imaginable

That's not what the saying means at all.

The saying is supposed to imply the information isn't "pure". The grain of salt is meant to be an "antidote". In other words, "take this with a grain of salt" is basically saying "don't assume this is true".

Taking it with a massive grain of salt means that the info is so impure, you actually need a much larger chunk of salt. It's saying the information being given is so unlikely or potentially untrue that you really need to emphasize the need to counter it (with purifying salt).


In other words, the accurate way to view the idiom is like this:

"Take this with a grain of salt" = "this might not be true, be skeptical"
"Take this with a massive grain of salt" = "this is almost certainly not true, be extremely skeptical"


"Take this with the tiniest grain of salt imaginable" would actually be akin to saying "This is almost certainly true, you should probably be willing to trust this." Because it means you barely need the salt, because the information is mostly "pure".

what on earth i didn't understand any of this

This is like the 3rd topic you've made knocking reddit, do you have a crush on him or something

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ParanoidObsessive posted...

That's not what the saying means at all.

The saying is supposed to imply the information isn't "pure". The grain of salt is meant to be an "antidote". In other words, "take this with a grain of salt" is basically saying "don't assume this is true".

Taking it with a massive grain of salt means that the info is so impure, you actually need a much larger chunk of salt. It's saying the information being given is so unlikely or potentially untrue that you really need to emphasize the need to counter it (with purifying salt).

In other words, the accurate way to view the idiom is like this:

"Take this with a grain of salt" = "this might not be true, be skeptical"
"Take this with a massive grain of salt" = "this is almost certainly not true, be extremely skeptical"

"Take this with the tiniest grain of salt imaginable" would actually be akin to saying "This is almost certainly true, you should probably be willing to trust this." Because it means you barely need the salt, because the information is mostly "pure".

yeah, i was actually wrong. i did some research

Metalsonic66 posted...

What would a massive grain of salt look like

Would it be like a whole crystal? Like one of those pink lamps?

a giant clear-white cube