cheesed off

cheese off

To anger or irritate someone. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cheese" and "off." I don't think I said anything to cheese him off, so I'm not sure why he's so mad.
See also: cheese, off

cheesed off

Angry or irritated. I barely spoke to him all night, so I don't know why he's cheesed off.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*cheesed off

Sl. angry; disgusted. (*Typically: be ~; get ~; get someone ~.) Clare was really cheesed off at the waiter. The waiter was cheesed off at the cook.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

cheesed off

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]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

cheesed off

mod. angry; disgusted. Clare was really cheesed off at the butler.
See also: cheese, off
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • cheese off
  • cheese someone off
  • base off (of) (something else)
  • Cheese it the cops!
  • cheese it-the cops!
  • (I've) got to take off
  • be off with you
  • be well off for (something)
  • be well off for something
  • be off for sth
References in periodicals archive
"They will be really cheesed off, and they are on their own patch.
Paul Van Dodgio Ibberson I would be cheesed off as well.
CHEESED OFF: Christine Cuddihy with a Tesco quiche and (top) the store in Cannon Park which demanded ID from the 24-year-old
I cancelled a date and he seemed a bit cheesed off so I can't put him off again or he'll dump me like all the others did.
The riders are cheesed off with the club, however, over a trial that would insist they took a 24-hour break after every ten days in the saddle.
After reading his report of Bridgend's 41-20 win at Llanelli I was totally cheesed off.
CHEESED off with your New Year resolution to cut out the tasty treats and indulgent delights?
If you are completely cheesed off with the weather in this country, why not get away from it all and book yourself a holiday somewhere a bit more exotic?
CHEESED OFF From left, Karen, Leanne, Pluto, Silver and Yvonne
I AM so cheesed off with the programmes on TV that I wish to say a massive thank you to our Gazette.
You may sneeze, fidget or cough, Soon you start to get cheesed off With yourself for wasting time Or because you're not sublime.
I'M a rock 'n' roll fan and at the moment pretty well cheesed off.
It's a fantastic club but the vibe I get from supporters is they're cheesed off."
In interview, Fisher said he had been cheesed off that night because his parents refused to make him food.
But the tailing snappers were said to have cheesed off the 22-year-old, who eventually bombarded them with eggs from her kitchen at 2 am, reports Contactmusic.