Hayley教口語,“半信半疑”用英語怎么說?

2022-05-05 10:03:16  每日學(xué)英語
take sth with a pinch of salt

UK (US take sth with a grain of salt)

to not completely believe something that you are told, because you think it is unlikely to be true

對(duì)…半信半疑,對(duì)…有所懷疑

關(guān)于這個(gè)短語的起源有一說從老普林尼的《自然歷史》得知,當(dāng)時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)一種毒藥的解藥配方其中一種成分是一粒鹽。就有了吃點(diǎn)鹽就能解毒的說法,因此,當(dāng)談及毒藥的威脅時(shí),人們就開始半信半疑。

You have to take everything she says with a pinch of salt, because she tends to exaggerate.

你不能完全相信她的話,她總是喜歡夸大其詞。

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