[Real English] “Take it with a grain of salt, Under wraps” 뜻과 유래 & 미드 속 미국 현지 리얼 슬랭 마스터

I heard a rumor about the new manager, but I’d take it with a grain of salt. He tends to exaggerate.

👉 새 매니저에 대한 소문을 들었는데, 너무 곧이곧대로 믿지는 마. 그 사람 좀 과장하는 경향이 있거든.

The news report seemed a bit biased, so I took their claims with a grain of salt.

👉 그 뉴스 보도가 좀 편향된 것 같아서, 그들의 주장을 완전히 믿지는 않았어.

The company’s new smartphone model is still completely under wraps; no one knows what it looks like yet.

👉 그 회사의 새 스마트폰 모델은 아직 완전히 비밀에 부쳐져 있어. 아무도 어떻게 생겼는지 몰라.

Their engagement plans were kept under wraps for months before they finally announced it.

👉 그들의 약혼 계획은 몇 달 동안 비밀에 부쳐졌다가 마침내 발표되었어.

He only got that promotion because his father pulled some strings with the CEO.

👉 그는 아버지가 CEO에게 연줄을 좀 써서 그 승진을 한 거야.

I heard she tried to pull strings to get her kids into that exclusive kindergarten, but it didn’t work.

👉 그녀가 아이들을 그 명문 유치원에 넣으려고 연줄을 대려 했다는데, 잘 안 됐대.

👩 Jenny: Hey Guy, did you hear about the new project launch? Someone told me it’s going to be huge, like, revolutionary!

👨 Guy: Oh, really? I’d take that with a grain of salt, Jenny. The marketing team always hypes things up. Plus, I thought that project was still under wraps. How did you even hear about it?

👩 Jenny: Well, my cousin works in R&D, and she hinted at it. She said they’ve been working on it for ages, but it’s been top secret. She might have pulled some strings to get me a tiny bit of info, but she couldn’t say much more.

👨 Guy: Ah, I see. So she used her connections. That makes sense. Still, I’ll wait for the official announcement before I get too excited. You know how rumors can be.