(one's)/the cheese slid off (one's)/the cracker
dated One has become crazy, insensible, or mentally unstable; one is no longer rational or sane. Did you hear the crazy conspiracy theories the governor started peddling on the radio yesterday? I think that guy's cheese slid off his cracker! My aunt has always been a bit eccentric, but the cheese has really slid off the cracker in recent years. Andrew wants to sell bees as pets? Wow, his cheese has really slid off his cracker, huh?
(one's)/the cheese slipped off (one's)/the cracker
dated One has become crazy, insensible, or mentally unstable; one is no longer rational or sane. Did you hear the crazy conspiracy theories the governor started peddling on the radio yesterday? I think that guy's cheese slipped off his cracker! My aunt has always been a bit eccentric, but the cheese has really slipped off the cracker in recent years. Andrew wants to sell bees as pets? Wow, his cheese has really slipped off his cracker, huh?
a cracker of a (something)
informal An exceptional instance or example of something. Primarily heard in UK. That was a real cracker of a joke, Jake! You had the whole room laughing. I heard it was a cracker of a show—I'm sorry to have missed it. We had a cracker of a time on holiday in Spain. It's a shame you couldn't come with us, Pat.
be not worth a cracker
informal To be useless or worthless. Primarily heard in Australia, New Zealand. This chair is not worth a cracker. One of the legs just broke clean off! You asked those two to help you with your homework? Please, they're not worth a cracker. They could barely tell you that one plus one is two. I was so excited when my grandfather said he'd give me his car, but this old clunker isn't worth a cracker.
corncracker
1. slang Someone from Kentucky. Primarily heard in US. I was born a corncracker, but I moved to the East Coast for college. You're from Louisville? Ah, I should have known you were a corncracker. A: "I'm from San Francisco, but my husband is a corncracker, born and raised." B: "Lexington, baby!"
2. offensive slang A derogatory term for a white person, especially one who is poor and from the South. Primarily heard in US.
cracker
1. offensive slang A derogatory term for a white person. Primarily heard in US.
2. informal Something exceptional. Primarily heard in UK. That joke was a real cracker, Jake! You had the whole room laughing. I heard it was a cracker of a show—I'm sorry to have missed it. If you're going to busk, you need to draw people in with a cracker of a performance!
crackerjack
Likely derives from an earlier use of "crack" to mean "first-rate."
1. noun Someone who is regarded as outstanding or superb. Based on his stellar resume, this guy seems like he'd be a crackerjack of an employee. You'd do well to admit her to your elite university because she's always been a crackerjack student. Bring me the crackerjack candidates. I only want to interview the best of the best.
2. adjective Outstanding or superb. That's a crackerjack idea—I think we should implement it right away. With a crackerjack performance like that, I bet she'll win the talent show. I don't know how she does it, but she always manages to come up with crackerjack designs every season.
cream-crackered
slang Very tired. The phrase comes from rhyming slang in which "cream-crackered" rhymes with "knackered" (tired). Primarily heard in UK. I am cream-crackered, man—I need to rest. Oh, he was well cream-crackered after his flight, so he went to bed a few hours ago. Please tell me I have time to take a nap before dinner because I am totally cream-crackered after work today.
holy crap on a cracker
A mildly indecent exclamation of surprise, shock, or astonishment. (An emphatic form of "holy crap.") Holy crap on a cracker, the bill for that dinner was nearly $200! We won the lottery? Holy crap on a cracker, that's amazing news! Are you all right? Holy crap on a cracker, we could have been killed in that accident!
kencracker
obsolete A burglar. I know that man—he's a kencracker who's stolen from many houses in the area!
look like death eating a cracker
To look extremely ill, exhausted, or worn out. A: "Honey, why don't you lie down? You look like death eating a cracker." B: "Of course I do—I just threw up!" He looked like death eating a cracker after running that race.
not worth a cracker
informal Useless or worthless. Primarily heard in Australia, New Zealand. This chair is not worth a cracker. One of the legs just broke clean off! You asked those two to help you with your homework? Please, they're not worth a cracker. They barely know that one plus one is two.
wisecracker
One who makes glib, facetious, or sardonic remarks. Tony is such a wisecracker; he always has some remark lined up.
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