The Cheesday Chats

The Chewsday Chats: Learn British English

Which country has created the world's worst cheese? Is cheese actually healthy? And will Chris or James laugh first at the 'brie'lliant jokes in the cheesy joke-athon? All this and more covered in this week's Chewsday Chats.
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Key Words & Expressions:
Part One
Abomination (noun): a thing that causes disgust or loathing
On a side note (phrase): Parenthetically or incidentally; by the way; in addition to but less important than what was just being discussed
Tainted by association (verb): If a person or thing is hampered by something bad or undesirable, their status or reputation is harmed because they are associated with it.
Chunk (of cheese): a thick, solid piece of something
Moreish (adj, informal British): so pleasant to eat that one wants more
(Something) nut (noun): a person who is excessively interested in or enthusiastic about a specified thing.
Part Two (the Cheese-off)
Joke 1: What is the BBCs favourite TV channel? The Brie Brie C
Joke2 : What do you say to someone who is trying to steal your cheese? That is Na cho cheese!
Chortle (verb): laugh in a noisy, gleeful way
Joke 3: What did the cheese say when it looked in the mirror? Halloumi
Joke 4: What other kind of music does cheese listen to? R and Brie
Joke 5: What did the cheese say to the therapist? I camembert it any longer
Joke 6: Why did the chicken cross the road made of cheese? He wanted to feta the other side
Clincher (noun): a fact, argument, or event that settles a matter conclusively
Joke 7: Why didn't the cheese want to get sliced? It had grater plans
Nip (something) in the bud (phrase): suppress or destroy something at an early stage
Part Three (Idiom of the week)
Cheesed off (British Informal): to be angry or irritated
"I was bloody cheesed off when my flight was cancelled at the last minute!"
Like chalk and cheese (British): fundamentally different or incompatible
"My friend and I are chalk and cheese, he likes football, whilst I like cooking!"