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单词 grain of salt
释义

grain of salt

noun phrase

variants or less commonly pinch of salt
: a skeptical attitude
used in the phrase take (something) with a grain/pinch of salt
I take the guidebooks with a grain of salt, preferring to follow my instincts. Daisann McLaneThe malleability of memory … is the first reason why autobiographies should be taken with a grain of salt. Judith Rich Harris

Word History

First Known Use

1647, in the meaning defined above

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