Take something with a pinch of salt ni kutoliamini jambo kikamilifu na kulipokea kwa tahadhari. Kwa kawaida huhusu uvumi, matangazo, mapitio na ahadi kubwa: unaweza kusikiliza lakini usiamini kila neno. Hili ni toleo la Uingereza; Marekani husema with a grain of salt. Katika insha, be sceptical of something ni la wastani zaidi.
Ungesema take something with a pinch of salt katika hali gani?
Tunga sentensi; tutakagua kama msemo unafaa katika hali hiyo na kupendekeza marekebisho.
Ukaguzi unachukua muda mrefu kuliko kawaida. Maoni yataonekana hapa yenyewe.
take something with a pinch of salt (UK); take something with a grain of salt (US)
- Online reviews can be fake, so I take five-star ratings with a pinch of salt.
- Take his fishing stories with a pinch of salt; he loves to exaggerate.
- Take hotel photos with a pinch of salt, because the rooms are usually smaller in real life.
Kilichobadilika
Toleo la kwanzaI perceive celebrity diet advice with a pinch of salt.
Baada ya marekebishoI take celebrity diet advice with a pinch of salt.
Perceive linaweza kuonekana kuwa kitenzi cha kufaa kwa namna unavyopokea taarifa, lakini ni neno rasmi la kutambua na kujenga taswira, na halitoshei katika nahau. Kitenzi chake ni take: take something with a pinch of salt.
Kinyume ni take something at face value: kuamini jambo jinsi linavyowasilishwa. Don't take his promises at face value; take them with a pinch of salt.
Zamu yako
The advert promises you'll be fluent in a month, so I'd take that claim ___.
Onyesha jibu
with a pinch of salt — Ahadi ya kuzungumza kwa ufasaha ndani ya mwezi mmoja si ya uhalisia katika hali hii, hivyo inastahili shaka: with a pinch of salt. At face value ni kuamini ilivyo, kinyume cha mantiki inayofuata so.
Andika kuhusu habari, ushauri au tangazo ambalo hukuliamini kabisa. Sema taarifa ilitoka wapi na kwa nini uliitilia shaka.
When a lifestyle blog claimed that green tea burns fat overnight, I took it with a pinch of salt because the article quoted no scientists.
Jifunze kutumia maneno mapya kwa usahihi
Tunga sentensi kwa maneno unayojifunza. LetsWords inaonyesha makosa ya matumizi na sarufi, inapendekeza marekebisho na kuyaeleza kwa lugha yako ya mama; kurudia kunasaidia kukumbuka maneno.