| 词汇 | take with a pinch of salt |
| 释义 | Idiom take with a pinch of salttake (something) with a pinch of salt British & Australian, American & Australian if you take what someone says with a pinch of salt, you do not completely believe it.You have to take everything she says with a pinch of salt. She has a tendency to exaggerate.It's interesting to read the reports in the newspapers, but I tend to take them with a grain of salt. take (something) with a pinch of saltTo consider or evaluate something, such as a statement, while keeping in mind 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 pinch of salt. Take whatever that paper publishes with a pinch of salt—it's really a tabloid. take something with a pinch of saltand take something with a grain of sltFig. to listen to a story or an explanation with considerable doubt. You must take anything she says with a grain of salt. She doesn't always tell the truth. They took my explanation with a pinch of salt. I was sure they didn't believe me. |
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