you could cut it with a knife

you could cut (something) with a knife

Something intangible or non-solid is incredibly thick, palpable, or poignant. The air was so humid as we stepped off the plane if felt like you could cut it with a knife. The entire dinner was so awkward you could cut the tension with a knife.

you could cut it with a knife

Alluding to something very thick, such as muggy air or a heavy accent; also, a very tense atmosphere. For example, The smoke was so thick you could cut it with a knife, or When I walked in they all stopped talking and you could cut the air with a knife. [Colloquial; late 1800s]

词组	you could cut it with a knife
释义	you could cut it with a knife you could cut (something) with a knife Something intangible or non-solid is incredibly thick, palpable, or poignant. The air was so humid as we stepped off the plane if felt like you could cut it with a knife. The entire dinner was so awkward you could cut the tension with a knife. See also: could, cut, knife Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. you could cut it with a knife Alluding to something very thick, such as muggy air or a heavy accent; also, a very tense atmosphere. For example, The smoke was so thick you could cut it with a knife, or When I walked in they all stopped talking and you could cut the air with a knife. [Colloquial; late 1800s] See also: could, cut, knife The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: you could cut (something) with a knife you could cut the atmosphere with a knife buzz with buzz with (something) take an axe to in the abstract strive after strive after (something) strove strike a chord (with someone)
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