"quel fromage"

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> I am totally lacking in French phrases as adopted into English.  Can
> "quel fromage" mean "what a mess"?

I've heard it used to mean "How cheesy!" (in the tacky/corny sense of "cheesy").


--Ben Zimmer

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