cheese

be (like) chalk and cheese (British & Australian, British & Australian)

if two people are like chalk and cheese, they are completely different from each other. I don't have anything in common with my brother. We're like chalk and cheese.

See also: chalk

a big cheese (humorous)

an important or powerful person in a group or organization. Apparently her father is a big cheese in one of the major banks.

See also: big

cheese-paring (British)

actions that show you are not willing to spend or give money. I'm fed up with all this cheese-paring. You've got to spend money if you want to make money.

Hard/Tough cheese! (British & Australian, informal, Australian, informal)

something that you say to or about someone to whom something bad has happened in order to show that you have no sympathy for them. So he's fed up because he's got to get up early one morning in seven, is he? Well hard cheese!

See also: hard, tough

Say cheese! (informal)

something that someone who is taking a photograph of you tells you to say so that your mouth makes the shape of a smile. OK everyone, look at the camera and say cheese.

See also: say