Meanings
nounpinch of salt (plural pinches of salt)
plural pinches of salt
- A small amount of salt.
Synonyms: grain of salt
- figurativelyCaution, doubt, consideration.
Take anything he tells you with a pinch of salt: he's an inveterate liar and mixes truth with his fiction liberally.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small amount of salt.
Similar
grain of salt
Translations
Czech špetka soli, s rezervou
- špetka solismall amount of salt
- s rezervoucaution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
Dutch snufje zout, korreltje zout
- snufje zoutsmall amount of salt
- korreltje zoutcaution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
Finnish ripaus suolaa, suolaripaus
- ripaus suolaasmall amount of salt
- suolaripaussmall amount of salt
- varauksellacaution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
French pincée de sel, pincettes
- pincée de selsmall amount of salt
- pincettescaution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
German Prise Salz
- Prise Salzsmall amount of salt
Hungarian egy csipetnyi só, fenntartás
- egy csipetnyi sósmall amount of salt
- fenntartáscaution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
Icelandic með fyrirvara
- með fyrirvaracaution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
Irish gráinnín salainn, pinsín salainn
- gráinnín salainnsmall amount of salt
- pinsín salainnsmall amount of salt
Italian pizzico di sale, con le pinze
- pizzico di salesmall amount of salt
- con le pinzecaution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
- cautelacaution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
- dubbiocaution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
Norwegian Bokmål klype m or f salt, klype salt
- klype m or f saltsmall amount of salt
- klype saltcaution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
Russian щепо́тка со́ли, осторо́жность
- щепо́тка со́ли (ščepótka sóli)small amount of salt
- осторо́жность (ostoróžnostʹ)caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
- предосторо́жность (predostoróžnostʹ)caution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
Spanish una pizca de sal
- una pizca de salsmall amount of salt
Swedish nypa salt
- nypa saltcaution (as in take with a pinch of salt)
Ukrainian щі́пка со́лі
- щі́пка со́лі (ščípka sóli)small amount of salt
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APA
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“pinch of salt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinch%20of%20salt. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
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