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Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the highlighted idiom.
The employee took the manager’s remark with a pinch of salt.

Option 1: Going for the truth.

Option 2: Distasteful and boring.

Option 3: Doubt the truth or value of something.

Option 4: Ever ready to condemn someone.


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Answer (1)
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Correct Answer: Doubt the truth or value of something.


Solution : The correct choice is the third option .

Explanation : The idiom take with a pinch of salt means to be sceptical or not fully believe what someone says. It implies treating the information with caution and not accepting it at face value. In the context provided, if the employee took the manager's remark with a pinch of salt, it suggests that the employee doubted or was sceptical about the truth or value of the manager's statement.

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