take something with a pinch of salt

成語所屬單字pinch

take something with a pinch of salt — 慣用語

1. to listen to a piece of information but not believe it completely, because it mi

1.慣用語
釋義

持保留態度;不可全信

to listen to a piece of information but not believe it completely, because it might not be fully true.

例句

Take his fishing stories with a pinch of salt — he likes to make them bigger.

Aunt Rosa takes the gossip column's celebrity news with a pinch of salt.