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ake sth. with a grain of salt ?? ???????????????????????????????????? ? ? ? ? ? ????take sth. with a grain of salt ???这个习语的字面意思是“和一撮盐一起 吃下去”，为什么要与盐一起吃呢？据说这个习语要追溯到罗马时代，罗马将军庞培曾 发现一种解毒剂，必须和着一小把盐才服得下去。解毒剂难咽，加了盐也许好咽些，于 是这句习语用于描述对一些不靠谱的，值得怀疑的东西，得“和着盐”才能勉强接受。 现在，对某件事情或某人说的话有所保留，将信将疑，持怀疑态度，就可以说take it with a grain of salt. 英文注释是：To take something with a grain of salt means to accept it but to maintain a degree of skepticism about its truth. ? ? ???????????????????????? 例句： ??? ???1）Uncle Bill tells some stories, but we?take what he says with a ?????grain of salt?because he sometimes likes to exaggerate or makes ??????things up. ??????比尔大叔讲了好些事情，不过对他所说的要有所保留，有时他喜欢把事情夸大。 ? ???2）This is only a sort?of?handout. You may?take it with a grain of ?????salt. ??????这只是一份分发的资料，你大可以不必相信。 ? ???3）Horoscope is fun, but its not necessarily accurate. I always?take ?????it with a grain of salt. ??????星座这东西很有趣，但是并不一定准确。我对它一向将信将疑。 ? ???4）But there are at least two reasons to?take sanguine assessments of ?????the consequences of climate change with a grain of salt. ??????但是至少有两个原因使我们对乐观看待气候变化的结果持保留态度。 ??? ???5）As for these figures, we may?take them with a grain of salt, but? ??????there seems to be a consensus that the risk is substantial. ??????对于这些的具体数据，我们可以不用全信，但人们似乎对此达成共识，风险的 ??????确不小。 ?? ???6）He didnt deliberately mislead, but I think we should?take what he ??????said with a grain of salt. ? ??????他并非故意歪曲事实，但是我认为我们应该对他所说的打个折扣。 ?? ???7）She always has an ax to grind. You should?take whatever she says ?????with a grain of salt. ??????她总是居心叵测，对她说的话你得多留神。 ?? ???8）Markets already?take the governments official data with a grain ?????of salt. ?????市场已经对政府官方数据普遍表示怀疑。 ? ●??take sth. with a grain of salt?多用于美语和澳大利亚英语，在英国常说 ????take sth. with a pinch of salt???( Note: “Take it with a grain of ????salt” is more common in American and Australian English, while “ take ????sth. with a pinch of salt” is more common in British English.) ? ???1）Sometimes he is right, but usually his predictions have to be?t