The phrase "a pinch of something" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in cooking or when referring to a small amount of an ingredient added to a dish.
Example: "For the perfect flavor, add a pinch of salt to the mixture."
Alternatives: "a dash of something" or "a sprinkle of something".
Or they could call for a pinch of something, and we don't know exactly what a pinch was for them".
These young ladies — as they would certainly, though not quite convincingly, style themselves — are fragrant enough, and they dress as if Eisenhower were still in the White House, but there is a pinch of something rank in their condescension.
The Mars rover Curiosity has found something — something noteworthy, in a pinch of Martian sand.
Turkey of the year: The Establishment This relaunch of Peter Cook's Sixties satire club used a recipe of Keith Allen with a pinch of George Galloway to serve up something best forgotten.
Phrase 1: To take with a pinch of salt = to not believe something completely because it might not be true.
It was ascertained after a lot of detective work by a field epidemiologist in the Dept. of Health, that all had been infected by a contaminated batch of heroin - they were all addicted to the drug and the woman who sold it to them had cut it with something - possibly a pinch of dust.
We took references with a pinch of salt and really tried to create something original and not seen before.
The advice to take something or other with "a pinch of salt" may also need to be re-evaluated, Depends on the size of the pinch, I suppose.
Working as I do in controlled, rigorous research, the constant flow of reports I see presenting new prevention methods, is something I take with a pinch of salt.
Working as I do in controlled, rigorous research, the constant flow of reports I see presenting new prevention methods, is something I take with a pinch of salt.
Until very recently, porridge was an old-fashioned something you made with oats and water and a pinch of salt.
