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.
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.
Cheesepairing means...
Unwillingness to spend mone. For example: I thought that that arrangement, made a year ago, was a very cheeseparing one.
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.
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.
To cut the cheese means to...
Fart. For example: I think somebody cut the cheese in that elevator because it smelled really bad.
If you cheese someone off, you...
Anger or annoy someone. For example: What she said to you really cheeses me off!
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.
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.
If something is cheesy...
It's corny or overly sentimental. For example: liked the movie, but the ending was kind of cheesy.
Cheese it!
Run away! For example: Cheese it, the cops!
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