cheesed off

British

adjective

slang (usually postpositive) bored, disgusted, or angry

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cheesed off Idioms

Angry, fed up, annoyed, as in I'm cheesed off about watering their plants twice a week. This term was originally military slang and sometimes put simply as cheesed. [Slang; mid-1900s]

Etymology

Origin of cheesed off

C20: from _cheese ²

Example Sentences

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"I'm a bit cheesed off, we've been looking forward to this for a long time."

From BBC

Connie was a little cheesed off that I’d lied to her about being into government, but then I handed her a file folder.

From Literature

"In the end you can see that people were at the end of their tether with it. You could sense that the audience were getting a bit cheesed off," he said.

From BBC

One source told The Sunday Times that the queen is "cheesed off" by the broadcast and is open to exploring countermeasures such as stripping Prince Harry and Markle of their titles.

From Fox News

"The catchphrase just came about on the pilot when I got really cheesed off with a contestant and I added the goodbye", she told host Steph McGovern.

From BBC

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