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Cum Grano Salis
With its grain of salt; there is a grain of wheat in the bushel
of chaff, and we must make the proper abatement.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Cum Grano Salis from Infoplease:
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