🤔 To take something with a pinch of salt / to take something with a grain of salt
|pɪn(t)ʃ| |ɡreɪn|
- to not completely believe something that you are told, because you think it is unlikely to be true
You have to take everything she says with a pinch of salt, because she tends to exaggerate.
You can take everything that our teacher says with a grain of salt.
ставитися до чогось недовірливо, скептично; брати (узяти, ставити, поставити) під сумнів (під сумніви); піддавати сумніву (сумнівові), не йняти віри
|pɪn(t)ʃ| |ɡreɪn|
- to not completely believe something that you are told, because you think it is unlikely to be true
You have to take everything she says with a pinch of salt, because she tends to exaggerate.
You can take everything that our teacher says with a grain of salt.
ставитися до чогось недовірливо, скептично; брати (узяти, ставити, поставити) під сумнів (під сумніви); піддавати сумніву (сумнівові), не йняти віри