cheese tax
idiomA portion of cheese given to a domestic animal such as a dog or cat, usually when the cheese is being brought out or prepared for human consumption.
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a little bit of bread and no cheese
Used to represent the song of the yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella).
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big cheese
A very important figure, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.
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chalk and cheese
Said of things that are very different, though possibly superficially alike.
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cock cheese
Smegma or dried semen on the glans penis, usually underneath the foreskin.
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cut the cheese
To fart loudly.
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hard cheese
An unsympathetic retort to someone suffering misfortune.
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like cheese at fourpence
Of a person: waiting idly or timewasting.
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say cheese
To smile for a photograph by saying the word "cheese" (the vowel of which, when pronounced as is usual in English, forces a somewhat smile-shaped mouth).