cheese and crackers

[Mark Leanne]

Does 'cheese and crackers' have another meaning other than
*cheese* and *crackers*?

[Tony Cooper]

Post by Mark Leanne
Does 'cheese and crackers' have another meaning other than
*cheese* and *crackers*?

Not really another meaning, but people that don't want to curse
sometimes say "Cheese and crackers, got all muddy." instead of "Jesus
Christ, God Almighty." It's more like an euphemism.

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Post by Tony Cooper

Post by Mark Leanne
Does 'cheese and crackers' have another meaning other than
*cheese* and *crackers*?

Not really another meaning, but people that don't want to curse
sometimes say "Cheese and crackers, got all muddy." instead of "Jesus
Christ, God Almighty." It's more like an euphemism.

There's "cheese and rice" for that, too. Probably depends on the time of
day. Snack or side dish?


Mike G.

[Raymond S. Wise]

Post by lightbulb

Post by Tony Cooper

Post by Mark Leanne
Does 'cheese and crackers' have another meaning other than
*cheese* and *crackers*?

Not really another meaning, but people that don't want to curse
sometimes say "Cheese and crackers, got all muddy." instead of "Jesus
Christ, God Almighty." It's more like an euphemism.

There's "cheese and rice" for that, too. Probably depends on the
time of day. Snack or side dish?
Mike G.

One expression I say on occasion is "Good grief and gravy!" It's well
known--well, well known among people interested in the history of words,
anyway--that "Good grief!" is a euphemistic variant for "God's grief!"
referring to Jesus' suffering on the cross. It just occurred to me that
"gravy" might be a euphemistic substitute for "blood," as in the old
exclamation "God's blood!" (which led to the now obsolete "Zblood!), again a
reference to Jesus. If the expression "Good grief and gravy!" did not appear
until recent decades, the "blood"-hypothesis could be discounted.

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Post by Raymond S. Wise

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Post by Tony Cooper

Post by Mark Leanne
Does 'cheese and crackers' have another meaning other than
*cheese* and *crackers*?

Not really another meaning, but people that don't want to curse
sometimes say "Cheese and crackers, got all muddy." instead of "Jesus
Christ, God Almighty." It's more like an euphemism.

There's "cheese and rice" for that, too. Probably depends on the
time of day. Snack or side dish?
Mike G.

One expression I say on occasion is "Good grief and gravy!" It's well
known--well, well known among people interested in the history of words,
anyway--that "Good grief!" is a euphemistic variant for "God's grief!"
referring to Jesus' suffering on the cross. It just occurred to me that
"gravy" might be a euphemistic substitute for "blood," as in the old
exclamation "God's blood!" (which led to the now obsolete "Zblood!), again a
reference to Jesus. If the expression "Good grief and gravy!" did not appear
until recent decades, the "blood"-hypothesis could be discounted.

I've heard "good grief" and "good gravy." I've heard a lot of *food*
variations. I can't imagine why "zblood" didn't last...probably because of
the relatively small vampire population.

Mike G.

[Django Cat]

Post by Mark Leanne
Does 'cheese and crackers' have another meaning other than
*cheese* and *crackers*?

Not that I know. But 'Cream Crackered' is rhyming slang for
'knackered' (tired and run down and/or in a poor state of repair).

DC