An apple doesn't stink unless it is rotting, and even then, it tends to have a sweet decayed aroma. Check this out: "Cut" has been used in this manner, in various phrases, since the late s. Another reference says the phrase "cut the cheese" was used earlier but with a different meaning: Gore, Student Slang, Cut no cheese.
To have no weight or value. Lighter, Random House, New York, A third source says the expression originated in the "Mainstream s. Just for completeness, it must derive from the fact that the rind on some cheese reduces the odour, so that brie or suchlike, once cut is much smellier.
When I was in a student house, we had a cheese that had been going cheap and smelt so such we kept it in a tuppaware box - you most definitely could have used 'opened the cheese box' as a metaphor for farting. VenusEnvy said:. Cut no cheese. Click to expand I just found out that the phrase "cut the cheese" has the meaning "to fart". IHow can I say that I'm literally cutting cheese and avoid this connotation?
This BrE-speaker hasn't come across that meaning either. Where did you find it? Nor has this one. Glenfarclas Senior Member Chicago. How can I say that I'm literally cutting cheese and avoid this connotation? Andygc Senior Member Devon. The very core message of the book is this: things constantly change so we must adapt. The biggest principle to help you stay prepared is to never settle for how things currently are.
As you do so, you will be ready to move when the cheese moves. By so doing, you will never become extinct. Research has found no significant difference between the amount that younger and older people fart.
Likewise, there is no notable difference between the sexes. Healthy individuals pass gas between 12 and 25 times a day. However, it is not uncommon for people to fart more than this, depending on their choice of foods.
Cut the cheese. Who Cut the Cheese? May Weekly Events. Cut the cheese into 4cm x 1. Cut the cheese and prosciutto into cubes and place in a bowl with the olive pulp. That is wrong because 'cheesy' cannot be used for the smell of vomit, burning oil, etc many things that smell bad.
Show 3 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Cut the cheese : Slang to release intestinal gas. Use caution with the topic. People who cut the mustard in the car have to get out and walk.
Improve this answer. Community Bot 1. Yep, and I've never understood why it's cut a fart or cut a check though the second is more understandable. Anyway, to let one is less gross. Americanism related to flavo u rsome cheese? There is a legal term, replevin, but I don't see how there could be a connection between it and the concept under discussion.
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