A mild British slang phrase meaning to annoy, irritate, or tick someone off.
A mild British slang phrase meaning to annoy, irritate, or tick someone off. 'Cheese off' is the kind of expression your nan might use instead of something stronger — it carries the same frustration as 'p*ss off' but with the sharpness dialled down. It can be used transitively ('you've really cheesed me off') or as a description of a state ('I'm completely cheesed off today'). It's warm, very British, and wonderfully understated for something that means genuine irritation.
The constant roadworks outside the flat are really starting to cheese off all the residents on the street.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(idiomatic, Britain, slang) Annoyed, upset, angry.
(now chiefly, _, MTE, slang) Upset, annoyed, angry.
(intransitive) To smile widely; to crack a huge grin.
A versatile piece of informal American English with two main uses. As a transitive verb, to bitch off someone means to annoy, irritate, or irk them — to get on their nerves. As an intransitive verb, it means to gripe, moan, or criticize something at length. The phrase captures that particular flavor of chronic complaining that goes beyond one-off venting into sustained, aggravating grievance. You can bitch off your coworkers by complaining nonstop, or your boss can bitch you off with constant micromanagement.
(transitive, slang) To annoy.
“Well said, but that's the tip of the iceberg: Peanut butter, sour cream, avocado - wipe those off. Also, rinse citrus pulp out of the glass and wipe cheese off the grater. And who left this egg on the plate?”