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1. Apparently they’re going to sell the company and make everyone redundant.
2. You should take it with a pinch of salt; it’s only a rumour.
3. The other day he told me he speaks 23 languages fluently.
4. I take everything he says with a pinch of salt because I know he likes to exaggerate.
5. In English, if you take something with a pinch of salt, it means you don’t completely believe it.
译文：
1. 很明显，他们打算卖掉公司，让每个人失业。
2. 你对此应该将信将疑，这不过是一个谣言。
3. 有一天他告诉我说他很会流利地讲23种语言。
4. 对他所说的都要打个折扣，因为我知道他喜欢夸张。
5. 英文中，如果你 take something with a pinch of salt，意思是你不全信。
redundant = 解雇，失业
pinch = [名] 一小撮，少量，a pinch of salt = 一小撮盐
exaggerate = 夸张
take something with a pinch of salt = [直译]对什么都放进一点盐， [意译]将信将疑，对…要打个折扣，
【注】：盐有净化的功用
口语练习：
It’s interesting to read the reports in the newspapers, but I tend to take them with a pinch of salt.
She told me she knew people in the film industry, but I took that with a pinch of salt.
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