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cheese-eating en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (informal) Superior and self-satisfied.
   • "You nailed him,” Sean says with a cheese-eating grin 2007, Patrick Jones, Nailed, page 101:
   • As I watched, Stephen glanced over at him, and Zach gave Stephen a big cheese-eating grin. 2014, A. Destiny, Emma Carlson Berne, Sunset Ranch:
   • Once he finally stopped and stood still at the bottom of the bed, he looked over to find a big ole cheese-eating grin on his mother's face. 2012, Janice Jones, From Sinner to Saint:

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cheese-eating surrender monkey

cheese-eating en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, attributive, uncountable, usually) Alternative form of cheese eating.
   alt of cheese eating
   • To report these unsavory and totally lost creatures is of course a violation of the rigid convict code, and is called “ratting” or “cheese-eating." 1956, The Paris Review - Issues 12-14, page 16:
   • He is, in patrolman's parlance, a cheese-eating rat. 2007, David Simon, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, page 116:
   • They loved to throw around the fact that they had a ninety percent plus conviction rate, but failed to mention that they wouldn't know jackshit if it wasn't for cowardly, cheese-eating rats telling on anybody to save their own ass. 2011, Nikki Turner, Heartbreak of a Hustler's Wife, page 185: