with a pinch of salt
常見例句
- Estimates by IDC, a market-research firm, need to be taken with a pinch of salt, because they are sponsored by EMC, a maker of storage systems.
在接受由市場研究公司IDC作出的評估時,人們需留有懷疑,因為這家公司是由存儲系統(tǒng)制造商EMC提供贊助的。 - (Actually the stereotype of really dire poverty is that meal, minus even the onions—“two dry rotis with a pinch of salt” is the North Indian shorthand for being in really dire straits).
(其實,人們對真正可怕的貧窮的刻板印象是沒有洋蔥的飯菜——“只有放少許鹽的干面包”是北印度真正窘迫生活的寫照)。 - However, they warned "this report should be taken with a pinch of salt" and that it is an exercise to "light-heartedly explain quantitative techniques and demystify the typical quant framework.
但他們同時提醒稱,“大家應(yīng)帶有保留地看待這一預(yù)測”,這是“用通俗的方式解釋數(shù)量分析法,讓數(shù)量分析框架淺顯化”的一次嘗試。 - Given these figures, today's saintly rhetoric needs to be taken with a pinch of salt.
ECONOMIST: Republican fiscal policies - As subsequent events made clear, notably Tiananmen Square, this should have been taken with a pinch of salt.
FORBES: Hillary is Wasting her Time, and America's, on a Fool's Errand - So take the polls with a pinch of salt and a double margarita.
FORBES: Magazine Article 返回 with a pinch of salt