| 词汇 | take with a grain of salt |
| 释义 | Idiom take with a grain of salttake (something) 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 Etymology: based on the idea that food tastes better and is easier to swallow if you add a little salt take (something) with a grain of saltTo consider or evaluate something, such as a statement, with the understanding that it may not be completely true or accurate, typically due to the unreliability of the source. I heard that you can get a free movie ticket if you wear red, but Kevin told me that, so I'm going to take it with a grain of salt. Take whatever that paper publishes with a grain of salt—it's really a tabloid. |
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