| 单词 | take something with a pinch of salt |
| 释义 | take something with a pinch of salttake something with a pinch of salt 1 BELIEVEused to say that you should not always completely believe what a particular person says 对某事半信半疑，对某事不完全相信 You have to take what he says with a pinch of salt. 他的话你可不能全信。 Examples from the Corpus take something with a pinch of salt• But since he never even notices that Howard is himself Howard takes this with a pinch of salt.• It's best to take what he says with a pinch of salt - he's always exaggerating.• You have to take most things Dave says with a pinch of salt. → take something with a pinch of salt at pinch2(3) 2 informalBELIEVE# to not completely believe what someone tells you, because you know that they do not always tell the truth 〔因某人不总是说实话而〕对某事半信半疑，有保留地相信某事 Most of what he says should be taken with a pinch of salt. 他说的大部分话都不可全信。 Examples from the Corpus take something with a pinch/grain of salt• But since he never even notices that Howard is himself Howard takes this with a pinch of salt.• I try to take everything with a grain of salt.• We took her to a psychic reader about a month ago-we take that with a grain of salt. → take something with a pinch/grain of salt at salt1(2) |
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