Take something with a pinch of salt 表示不完全相信某件事，保持适当怀疑。它常用于传言、广告、评价或很大的承诺：可以听，但不要每个字都当真。这是英式说法，美式英语常说 with a grain of salt。作文中，be sceptical of something 更中性。
什么情境适合说 take something with a pinch of salt？
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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.
修改原因
修改前I perceive celebrity diet advice with a pinch of salt.
修改后I take celebrity diet advice with a pinch of salt.
Perceive 似乎可以描述如何接受信息，但它是关于感知、形成印象的正式用词，不用于这个习语。这里的固定动词是 take：take something with a pinch of salt。
相反的表达是 take something at face value，表示按表面说法全盘接受：Don't take his promises at face value; take them with a pinch of salt。
动手练习
The advert promises you'll be fluent in a month, so I'd take that claim ___.
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with a pinch of salt — 广告承诺一个月就能流利使用语言，这种笼统保证不现实，应保持怀疑，所以选 with a pinch of salt。At face value 表示直接相信原话，与这里 so 后面的判断逻辑相反。
写一条你没有完全相信的新闻、建议或广告。说明信息来自哪里，以及你为什么怀疑。
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.
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