cut the cheese

Release silent flatulence

Cut the cheese is slang for passing gas audibly.

The phrase is mildly humorous and often used by or around children: Who cut the cheese?

The expression may come from the pungent smell of certain aged cheeses.

flatulence

fart

Expelled digestive gas

flatus · gas · stinker · silent but deadly · rip one · let one go · poot · air biscuit · backfire · wind

humor

fart joke

Gag about passing gas

immature · potty humor · schoolyard · prank · crude · ribald · locker room talk · gross-out · bathroom humor · childish

Categories
Opposites
bodily discretion

cut the cheeseclench

Squeeze tightly shut

keep it together

crude vs. refined expression

cut the cheesepass gas

Expel intestinal air

break wind

Family

cheese, cheesy, cuts, cutter, cheeses, cutters, cheeseburger, cheesed, cheeseburgers

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG