Sunday, January 15, 2012

Who cut the cheese?

Hey everyone, I was teaching an English lesson about cooking and it specified you should use the verb slice with the noun cheese.

This is because cut the cheese is an idiom in kid's English!


It means to fart.
(ほうひ)

So when someone says:

I am cutting the cheese.

Native speakers immediately think:

I am farting.

And will laugh or giggle.

The most common usage of this idiom among kids is the question:

Who cut the cheese?

meaning

Who farted?

Have a nice Sunday, I hope you enjoyed this funny little lesson,

Phil


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