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Cheese idioms

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    Learn and review some idioms and expressions containing the word "cheese".
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  • Cheese it!
    Run away! For example: Cheese it, the cops!
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  • If you cheese someone off, you...
    Anger or annoy someone. For example: What she said to you really cheeses me off!
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  • The big cheese
    Used to describe someone that is important or influential. For example: You’ll have to ask the Big Cheese for permission before making that request.
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  • If something is cheesy...
    It's corny or overly sentimental. For example: liked the movie, but the ending was kind of cheesy.
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  • To cut the cheese means to...
    Fart. For example: I think somebody cut the cheese in that elevator because it smelled really bad.
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  • If you call someone a cheesehead...
    You're implying they're not very smart/acting dumb. For example: Would you stop being a cheesehead and get back to work.
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  • If something has more holes than a Swiss cheese...
    It's flawed. For example: The story he told the police has more holes than Swiss Cheese.
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  • Tough/hard cheese means...
    There is little or nothing you can do to help them. For example: If you don’t like the dinner, tough cheese, because this is all we got.
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  • Cheesepairing means...
    Unwillingness to spend mone. For example: I thought that that arrangement, made a year ago, was a very cheeseparing one.
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  • Chalk and cheese means...
    When two people are very different from each other. For example: I can’t believe Mark and Keith are twins, they are like chalk and cheese.
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  • A cheese eater is...
    An informer; a person who betrays his friends. For example: Some cheese eater told the teacher the prank we were going pull on him and so we all got in trouble.
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