| 词汇 | a grain of truth |
| 释义 | Idiom a grain of truth a small amount of truth.There's a grain of truth in what she says but it's greatly exaggerated. grain of truthA little bit of truth. Often used to refer to a small amount of insight or truth in something otherwise false or nonsensical. The only reason why Dave's joke about my love life bothered me so much is because there was a grain of truth to it. (a) grain of trutheven the smallest amount of truth. The attorney was unable to find a grain of truth in the defendant's testimony. If there were a grain of truth to your statement, I would trust you. |
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