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For questions about the origin of a phrase or an expression. Also consider the 'etymology' tag.
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What is origin of the phrase "as gay as cheese"?
A little while back, I was trying to find an old Hitchcock anthology story that turned out to be Joan Aiken's "As Gay as Cheese" where the eponymous phrase is one of many that the main character uses …
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