| 词汇 | cheese it the cops |
| 词源 | cheese it, the cops! If you’ve ever wondered why cheese it means “stop it,” or “watch it,” Partridge has an answer for you. He suggests that the term, first recorded in England in 1812, is a mispronunciation of “cease it.” |
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