cheese it

1. Stop, look out, as in Cheese it! Here come the cops! This term, generally stated as an imperative, may have been a replacement for the earlier “Stop at once.” Eric Partridge speculated that it may have been a corruption of Cease! but its true origin is not known. [Slang; mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

Chalk and cheese it was, and while it would be crackers to get carried away knowing a long tournament is ahead of England, the signs are promising.

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“This can come from milk, yogurt, or cheese. It can also come from lactose-free milk and fortified soy milk or yogurt.”

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“However you prepare our classic Mac & Cheese, it’s sure to satisfy the kids you know — including the kid in you!”

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For so many who spent years if not decades warning that constitutional democracy was in peril, it turns out schadenfreude has the shelf life of a tub of cottage cheese: It was too soon to panic until it was too late, and nobody wants to hear from the folks who spent years issuing warnings, because WTF can we do about it now?

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The famous blue cheese it gave its name to is known throughout the world, but despite years of local protests, the Cambridgeshire village of Stilton is still not allowed to produce it.

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