cut the cheese

cut the cheese

rude slang To fart. I can't believe you cut the cheese in the car. Now we have to smell it all the way home!
See also: cheese, cut
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

cut the cheese

 and cut the mustard
Sl. to release intestinal gas. (Crude. Use caution with the topic.) Who cut the cheese? People who cut the mustard in the car have to get out and walk.
See also: cheese, cut
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

cut the cheese

and cut the mustard and cut a muffin
tv. to release intestinal gas. (Usually objectionable.) People who cut the mustard in the car have to get out and walk! Somebody cut a muffin!
See also: cheese, cut
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

cut the cheese

Vulgar Slang
To expel intestinal gas.
See also: cheese, cut
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • cut a muffin
  • cut eyes at
  • cut eyes at (someone or something)
  • cut a fat hog
  • Cheese it the cops!
  • cheese it-the cops!
  • cut (someone or something) to (someone or something)
  • cut down to
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For outdoor fun, be sure to get the young ones Freeze Tag (get frozen three times and you're It!); Hot Pepper (Don't be the last player to touch the hot pepper foam ball); Spike Spike (Football and basketball have gone to the dogs); and Cut the Cheese (Karate chop meets keep-away).
Small patches
Cut the cheese into small enough pieces to fit on to the cooked bread.
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Cut the cheese into 6 slices and stuff into the pockets.
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Cut the cheese slices to size and place on top the burger.
COOKING with the kids
Boksburg blue cheese and pear with mixed leaf salad (Serves 2) * Half a boksburg blue cheese (or stilton cheese) * 2 pears, * 1 bag of rocket (150g) washed * 3 slices of bread, * 50g of walnuts (crushed) * 15g/ ' oz butter For the French dressing: * 3 tbsp olive oil * 1 tbsp wine vinegar * 1 tsp French mustard * pinch of caster sugar * salt and pepper Method Cut the cheese into 1cm cubes.
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Meanwhile, cut the cheese into small square pieces, but not too small or you will lose the lovely effect of melting chunks in the finished pasta.
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Cut the cheese into 4cm x 1.5cm pieces, place 4 slices of truffle on each piece of cheese and wrap in Parma ham.
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Cut the cheese and prosciutto into cubes and place in a bowl with the olive pulp.
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