Sayings about Cheese
Cheese and bread make the cheeks red. ~ German Proverbs
You can’t make cheesecakes out of snow. ~ Yiddish Proverb
To the fiancée — milk; to the bride — butter; to the husband — cheese. ~ Luxembourg Proverbs
When a dog has money, he buys cheese. ~ Jamaican Proverb
Women, melons, and cheese are bought by the weight. ~ Spanish Proverbs
An apple-pie without some cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze. ~ Traditional Proverb
It’s not the fault of the mouse, but of the one who offers him the cheese. ~ Mexican Proverb
Brotherly love for brotherly love, but cheese for money. ~ Albanian Proverb
The cheese betrays the milk. ~ Finnish Proverbs
The cheese vessel will not sail merely by words. ~ Turkish Proverbs
There is no old bread that cannot find its cheese. ~ French Proverb
The moon is made of a green cheese. ~ Proverb
I would as soon see your nose be cheese, and the cat get the first bite of it. ~ Scottish Proverbs
The best fish hook cannot catch limp cheese. ~ Greek Proverb
I don’t want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap. ~ Latin Proverbs
One person enjoys a piece of hard cheese, a second a spun out prayer chant, and a third a door to the street. ~ Yiddish Proverb
Quotations about Cheese
China is trying to become America without democracy while America is trying to become France without cheese calories. ~ P. J. O’Rourke
I’d rather have bread and cheese with my darlings than roast turkey, cranberry sauce, and mince-pie all alone. ~ Jay Benson Hamilton
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
Lawyers are like cheeses. There are lots of good ones, but not everybody likes the taste of some or can afford the best of others. ~ Robin Ellison
Cheese is milk’s leap toward immortality. ~ Clifton Fadiman
Worry is today’s mice nibbling on tomorrow’s cheese. ~ Saying
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone? ~ Bertolt Brecht
How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese? ~ Charles de Gaulle
Sometimes when everybody’s feeding you the cheese it’s hard not to eat it. ~ Bill Parcells
Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are a cheese. ~ Luis Bunuel
There’s always free cheese in a mousetrap. ~ Saying
The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese. ~ Author Unknown
The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath. ~ W. C. Fields
Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures. ~ M. F. K. Fisher
