I looked up an example sentence of how to use sokkuri and this is what I
found.

> 彼女の言うことはそっくり本心からとは言えない。
>
> She is not quite sincere in what she says.

However, I changed kanojo to anata and said it to my friend and he told me it
didn't make sense but he didn't have time to explain why. Thanks for your
help!
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How do you use Sokkuri?
The English expression for this will be "Take what she says with a grain of
salt", that is, "She does not exactly/entirely tell the truth (,so take it as
such)".

It is possible to say "I will take what you say with a grain of salt" but it
would be rare or rather challenging, basically saying in one's face "I do not
entirely trust you".

The structure of the sentence is:

  1. [What X says] = [X の言うこと] (in this sentence, X is 'she')
  2. is not entirely from 
  3. [true feeling/thought of X] = [本心]

[What X says] ≠ [X's true idea/feeling/thought].

It is possible to replace X with 'You', but again to say so in the face of
someone would be too direct. It is possible to replace with 'I' but basically
saying "I do not entirely tell the truth".
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First, そっくり has two different meanings:

  1. (na-adjective) look identical; as like as two peas
  2. (adverb) completely; entirely

Your example sentence uses そっくり in the second sense, which is relatively less
common (and probably is getting less and less common). Your example sentence
makes sense as a written Japanese, but sounds awkward in a conversations
between young people. I feel そっくり is rarely used in the second sense in
conversations except in a few certain idioms such as
[そっくりそのまま](http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%E3%81%9D%E3%81%A3%E3%81%8F%E3%82%8A%E3%81%9D%E3%81%AE%E3%81%BE%E3%81%BE&ref=sa).
Perhaps your friend tried to interpret そっくり in the first sense, and thought it
made no sense.

Please learn how to use そっくり in the first sense in case you didn't. For the
second sense, keep in mind it's a bit literary, and less common expression.
You can find some real examples of そっくり
[here](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/130798/example/m0u/%E3%81%9D%E3%81%A3%E3%81%8F%E3%82%8A/),
but these are from novels written more than 50 years ago.
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