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English
Etymology
This idiom references the foul smell emitted by some cheeses, many of which have a rind that keeps the odor in. Once the rind is pierced, as in the case of slicing it, the smell is released.
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cut the cheese (third-person singular simple present cuts the cheese, present participle cutting the cheese, simple past and past participle cut the cheese)
- (Canada, US, euphemistic, idiomatic, slang) To fart (flatulate) extremely noisily.
I cannot believe that you cut the cheese at the dinner table!
1991, Hal Shymkus, Nightcrawlers, Bait, and Beer to Go, page 82:You know, did you cut some cheese? Did you fart?
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, cheese.
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- cut the cheese in the Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.