take sth with a pinch of salt UK (US take sth with a grain /greɪn/ of salt) to not completely believe something that you are told, because you think it is unlikely to be true 对…半信半疑,对…有所怀疑 You have to take everything she says with a pinch of salt, because she tends to exaggerate. 你不能完全相信她的话,她总是喜欢夸大其词。 |
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