English Dictionary

kernel of truth

名詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) A core accuracy at the heart of a claim or narrative which also contains dubious or fictitious elements.

日本語の意味

虚実が入り混じる話や主張の中に存在する、信頼できる部分の真実。 / 完全な虚偽ではなく、部分的に正確または現実味のある要素。 / 物語や説明において、誤解や誇張が含まれるものの、基礎には一定の真実がある部分。

Although his memoir was full of embellishments, there was a kernel of truth at its heart that made the rest seem plausible.

彼の回顧録は脚色に満ちていたが、その核心には一抹の真実があり、だからこそ残りの話ももっともらしく感じられた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) A core accuracy at the heart of a claim or narrative which also contains dubious or fictitious elements.

There may be a kernel of truth in the story of how George Washington confessed to his father that he chopped down the cherry tree.

kernels of truth （ plural ）