Why Do People Say The Phrase “more Holes Than Swiss Cheese”?
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Not all swiss cheese has holes! And not all cheese with holes is swiss!
It’s not hard to comprehend. I hate that phrase so much.
(BTW: I’m a Swiss.)
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In the US, your Swiss Cheese better have holes, or you won;t be able to sell it as swiss cheese. It’s the English language.
Like French Fries, Dutch Apple Pie, German Chocolate Cake, Gorditas, for pete’s sake, French kiss. It’s just what we call that kind of cheese.
BTW: I’m an American. Of the several hundred varieties of cheese made in this country, TWO are called “American Cheese” – white and yellow. What’s up with that?
Good luck with that
Because as an American, all the true Swiss cheese I have ever seen has had holes, and it is the only kind that does. Even if it weren’t true, get over it! It’s not like it’s meant as an insult to Swiss cheese or the Swiss people!
Your reference is the first I heard the expression so maybe it isn’t as widely used as you suspect. However, I concede Your country is famous for more than its neutrality, clocks, conventions and mountains, Namely: Swiss cheese – my favorite – with or without holes.
The cheese Americans know as “Swiss cheese” is loaded with holes (from gas bubbles that form during the culturing process).
In Switzerland, do they say: “Yellow as American cheese?”