like cheese at four pence
like cheese at four pence
In an idle, awkward, and/or out-of-place state; being ignored, abandoned, or left to wait awkwardly. Primarily heard in UK. Well, don't just sit there like cheese at four pence—speak up and say what's on your mind! The receptionist was called away before I was done telling her what I needed, leaving me standing there like cheese at four pence.
See also: cheese, four, like, pence
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- pence
- be like a spare prick at a wedding
- be left in the lurch
- be (batting) on a sticky wicket
- a sticky situation
- a sticky wicket
- in (one's) pelt
- in your pelt
- fine kettle of fish
- a pretty kettle of fish