cheese with that whine
nounEtymology
A pun on whine and wine (traditionally served with cheese); popularized by Phil McGraw ("Dr. Phil"), American TV psychologist.
Definitions
Offered to somebody who is perceived to be complaining too much.
- She sighed and flopped back down on the bed, arms out at her sides. What was the point of getting out of bed? She had nothing to do. Nobody cared. Oh brother. Want some cheese with that wine?
- One of my favorites, overheard as a chief responded to an intern: “Do you want some cheese with that whine?” What was occurring, of course, was that the seniors taught the juniors how to act in accepted and time-honored ways.
- Want a little cheese with that whine? As if we are ever in control anyway. Hard to have sympathy for an attitude like that, yet how many of us really do have that mindset?
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for cheese with that whine. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA