take something with a pinch of salt

뜻

to not fully believe what you are told

들은 말을 곧이곧대로 믿지 않다.

예문

1. 1Take it with a pinch of salt when Ben talks about his famous friends.
2. 2I always take it with a pinch of salt when my uncle talks about fishing.
3. 3The advert promised perfect skin in a week, so we took it with a pinch of salt.
4. 4Leo says he met a famous footballer, but I'd take that with a pinch of salt.
5. 5Should we take this with a pinch of salt, or is the forecast usually right?

문법

take만 형태가 바뀐다: takes, taking, took, taken. something 자리에는 it이나 that 같은 짧은 목적어가 온다. 미국 영어에서는 a grain of salt라고 한다.