cheese
(tʃiːz )
Word forms: cheeses
1. variable noun A1
Cheese is a solid food made from milk. It is usually white or yellow.
...bread and cheese.
...cheese sauce.
He cut the mould off a piece of cheese.
...delicious French cheeses.
2. See also cottage cheese, cream cheese, goat cheese, macaroni cheese
3. big cheese phrase [NOUN inflects]
Someone who has a very important job or position can be referred to as a big cheese. [informal]
He is a big cheese in the Art Fraud Squad.
...big cheeses from the State Department.
4. say cheese phrase [VERB inflects]
If someone tells you to say ' cheese' when they are taking your photograph, they are indicating that they want you to smile.
5. as different as chalk and cheese phrase
If you say that two people or things are like chalk and cheese, you are emphasizing that they are completely different from each other. [British, emphasis]
The two places, he insists, are as different as chalk and cheese.
We are very aware of our differences, we accept that we are chalk and cheese.
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Idioms:
something has more holes than Swiss cheese [mainly US]
said to mean that something, such as an argument or theory, has so many flaws that it cannot be taken seriously
`The current laws,' he says, `have more holes than Swiss cheese.'
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a big cheese [informal]
a person who has an important and powerful position in an organization
During the conference big cheeses from the State Department were dropping in and out all the time.
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chalk and cheese [British]
if you describe two people or things as chalk and cheese, you mean that they are completely different from each other
Our relationship works because we are very aware of our differences, we accept that we are chalk and cheese.
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Translations:
Chinese: 干酪
Japanese: チーズ
- costly procedure
- costly process
- costly project
- costly renovation
- costly repair
- costly solution
- costly system
- costly treatment
- costly war
- costly waste
- cost money
- cost of absenteeism
- cost of a delay
- cost of borrowing
- cost of care
- cost of energy
- cost of equipment
- cost of fees
- cost of fuel
- cost of installation
- cost of labour
- cost of living
- cost of ownership
- cost of production
- cost of regulation