taken with a grain of salt

to not be entirely trusted, to be skeptical of something

idiomatic expression Americans use

taken with a grain of salt-

to consider something to be not completely true or right

I've read the article, which I take with a grain of salt.

Related vocabulary: hard to swallow

by rach131 March 12, 2015

long grain rice

a silver sun-fire or other american compact car made to sound like its got balls galore, also with have fake chrome exhaust tips that started to rust.

James has long grain rice in his drive way.

by JGRIBBZ October 4, 2012

Going against the grain

To do something that can be deemed as not the social norm

‘Life is all about going against the grain’
‘I really went against the grain yesterday’

by Andrew tate July 26, 2022

Lets Obtain the Grain

Instead of lets get this bread lets try Lets obtain the grain

Grocery list: Bread
OK boys Lets obtain the grain

by Lets_obtain_this_grain November 30, 2018

Hard Grain

See hard grind. Used to describe difficult, hard or unpleasant work. One is likely to be told to "Hook into that" or ultimately, "ask Ben", if something is hard grain.

After being told to "Hook into that", the Slevboy found that calculating the mass of vikasium dishivide was hard grain.

Kieran discovered that setting a trap for young players was hard grain.

by DS March 26, 2004

grain through a goose

Something that occurs extremely quickly..

as in "my curry shot through my guts like grain through a goose. Polite version of "like shit through a goose"

by callandanswer January 9, 2008

grip on the grain

A tremendous amount. More than a "grip."

That's a grip on the grain of people.

by Hammer November 9, 2006