with a grain of salt

短语

有保留地

发音

AU

释义与例句

adv.
  1. 1.

    With a little common sense and skepticism.

    持怀疑态度

    习语

    I take anything I read on the Internet with a grain of salt.

词源

Calque of Latin cum grānō salis , literally with a grain of salt, figuratively with a bit of common sense (from Pliny’s Pompey’s discovery of an antidote against poison to be taken with a grain of salt).

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