a grain of salt

Reservations or the understanding that some rumor or piece of information may not be completely true or accurate. Possibly a reference to an ancient Roman antidote to poison that included or consisted of a grain of salt. I heard that you can get a free movie ticket if you wear red, but Kevin told me that, so I'm going to take it with a grain of salt. Read whatever that paper publishes with a grain of salt—it's really just a trashy tabloid.

词组	a grain of salt
释义	a grain of salt a grain of salt Reservations or the understanding that some rumor or piece of information may not be completely true or accurate. Possibly a reference to an ancient Roman antidote to poison that included or consisted of a grain of salt. I heard that you can get a free movie ticket if you wear red, but Kevin told me that, so I'm going to take it with a grain of salt. Read whatever that paper publishes with a grain of salt—it's really just a trashy tabloid. See also: grain, of, salt Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: on the grapevine on/through the grapevine through the grapevine draw a veil over draw a veil over (something) draw a veil over something cast a veil over (something) cast/draw/throw a veil over something rumor monger group-grope
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