时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:Modern English 洋话连篇


英语课

  With a grain of salt

  一天吃饭的时候,好友Allen和他的中国籍太太坐在餐桌旁大谈最近流行的一种草药,说它能包治百病。Allen说了一句:“I'd like to take it with a grain of salt”。他太太笑道:“你以为它是蔬菜啊,还要加点盐再吃。健康专家可没有说过要加盐。”

  Allen愣了一下,然后大笑不已,解释道“Take something with a grain of salt”是“对某事有保留、持怀疑态度”的意思。

  原来刚才Allen是说他对这种草药的神奇疗效表示怀疑,而不是说要“放些盐再吃”。







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aqueous solution fuel
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civil case involving foreign interests
clamorousness
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copper work
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crossotarsus externedentatus
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failure theories
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fisheries administration
foreign body in nose
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future progressive tense
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gold spot
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H/C
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hemiclastic
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home-going
ileocecal sphincter
illegal synchronous system trap
imperils
in-line control statement
interference plane
internal recruitment
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low lever equilibrium
lutjanus madras
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