話はなし半はん分ぶん

noun

with a grain of salt; discounting half the story

Used when you don't fully believe what someone says, treating it as only half true. Often used in the phrase 話半分に聞く (take with a grain of salt).

• 彼かれの自じ慢まん話ばなしはいつも話はなし半はん分ぶんに聞きいている。

  I always take his boasting with a grain of salt.

• その噂うわさは話はなし半はん分ぶんにしておいたほうがいい。

  You'd better take that rumor with a grain of salt.