Daily Easy English #1176: Learn how to use "cut the cheese" with Coach Shane
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This podcast lesson from Easy English Expressions focuses on the informal idiom "cut the cheese," which means to fart or pass gas. The instructor introduces the term through a humorous dialogue where a wife refuses to serve her husband beans in soup because they caused him to "cut the cheese" for a week after the last time. The explanation connects the idiom to the pungent odor released when cutting strong-smelling cheese, making it a metaphorical and polite euphemism. The lesson emphasizes that this expression is socially acceptable and can be used in various settings, unlike cruder synonyms. The segment concludes with a promotion for the instructor's free online community and an embedded advertisement for a podcast advertising platform called Libsyn Ads, highlighting the effectiveness of reaching engaged audiences through podcast endorsements.
[Music] Hello everybody, my name is Co-Chain and welcome to Easy English Expressions. Come on, let's master English. Hello everybody, welcome back to Daily Easy English Expressions The Podcast. Now in the last podcast we learned the word "cheesey", right? We're gonna go back to the noun "cheese" and everybody you know what "cheese" is, right? "Cheese" is something you eat. But not always. Check out the dialogue. Oh, no beans? Honey? No, not after last time. Oh, but you're souped without beans. It's not the same. You cut the cheese for a week after last time. No more beans for you. No beans allowed. Do you like beans? B-E-A-N-S beans. Not green beans. Other types of beans. In America, we have the expression that beans, beans, the magical fruit, beans I don't think are a fruit or vegetable, but that's what we say. The more you eat, the more you chewed. I'll say it again. Beans, beans, the magical fruit, the more you eat, the more you chewed. And what that means is, if you eat lots of beans, you will toot a lot. And what does toot mean? Yeah, fart or pass gas or fluctuate or cut the cheese. To fart, to pass gas, to fluctuate, to cut the cheese. They're all the same. Now, why do we say cut the cheese for farting? Because. Truth be known. Many cheeses smell bad or they don't smell good or they have a strong smell. So if you have some smelly cheese and you cut it, ooh, wait, it smells. Who farted? Who cut the cheese? Who passed gas? Yeah, same thing. So that's the situation. Cut the cheese. It's a great expression and it's clean. Ladies, you can use it guys, you can use it. You could even use it in a business meeting or in an elevator. If somebody actually did cut the cheese, you could say, oh my god, did somebody cut the cheese? Yeah. Maybe in an elevator full of lawyers, maybe not, or in an elevator full of. I'm not going to say that. But generally you can say that. So the dialogue, no beans, honey. Oh, so the wife gave the husband some soup. And he's eating the soup, but inside the soup, there are no beans. Oh my god. And the wife says, no, not after last time. So last time she gave him lots of beans, but not again, not after last time. Since last time, I will not give you any more beans. And the husband says, but your soup without beans, it's not the same with beans. It's so much better than the wife said. You killed me for a week after last time. For one week, every time I saw you. You were killing me for a week. That's what the wife said. Yeah, that's a good dialogue. You guys join my community school.com/LMEskoul.com/LME. We have so much fun, so many live classes. I want to see you there. It is free to join. So make sure you join us. Check out the dialogue two more times. And together, let's master English. No beans, honey. But your soup without beans, it's not the same. Marketing is hard. But I'll tell you a little secret. It doesn't have to be. Let me point something out. You're listening to a podcast right now and it's great. You love the host. You love the host. You seek it out and download it. You listen to it while driving, working out, cooking, even going to the bathroom. Podcasts are a pretty close companion. And this is a podcast ad. Did I get your attention? You can reach great listeners like yourself with podcast advertising from Lib Sin ads. Choose from hundreds of top podcasts offering host endorsements or run a pre-produced ad like this one. Across thousands of shows to reach your target audience and their favorite podcasts with Lib Sin ads. Go to Lib Sin ads.com. That's L-I-B-S-Y-N. Ads.com today.
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The lesson revisits the word "cheese" to introduce the idiom "cut the cheese," a euphemism for farting.
A sample dialogue illustrates the idiom's use, linking it to the digestive effects of eating beans.
The instructor explains the idiom's origin, relating it to the strong smell released when cutting certain cheeses.
The expression is presented as a clean, versatile alternative to cruder terms for passing gas.
The podcast includes promotional content for the instructor's community and an advertisement for podcast advertising services.
Summary:
This podcast lesson from Easy English Expressions focuses on the informal idiom "cut the cheese," which means to fart or pass gas. The instructor introduces the term through a humorous dialogue where a wife refuses to serve her husband beans in soup because they caused him to "cut the cheese" for a week after the last time. The explanation connects the idiom to the pungent odor released when cutting strong-smelling cheese, making it a metaphorical and polite euphemism.
The lesson emphasizes that this expression is socially acceptable and can be used in various settings, unlike cruder synonyms. The segment concludes with a promotion for the instructor's free online community and an embedded advertisement for a podcast advertising platform called Libsyn Ads, highlighting the effectiveness of reaching engaged audiences through podcast endorsements.
FAQs
It is a clean, informal expression for farting or passing gas.
It comes from the idea that cutting smelly cheese releases a strong odor, similar to passing gas.
Other synonyms include 'toot,' 'pass gas,' 'fluctuate,' and 'cut the cheese.'
It humorously suggests that eating beans leads to increased flatulence, as in 'the more you eat, the more you toot.'
It can be used in casual or even some polite settings to humorously ask if someone has passed gas, like 'Did somebody cut the cheese?'
In the dialogue, a wife refuses to give her husband beans in soup because he 'cut the cheese for a week' after eating them last time.
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