Meaning of cheese with that whine | Babel Free

Definitions

Offered to somebody who is perceived to be complaining too much.

humorous, uncountable

Examples

“She sighed and flopped back down on the bed, arms out at her sides. What was the point of getting out of bed? She had nothing to do. Nobody cared. Oh brother. Want some cheese with that wine?”

“One of my favorites, overheard as a chief responded to an intern: “Do you want some cheese with that whine?” What was occurring, of course, was that the seniors taught the juniors how to act in accepted and time-honored ways.”

“Want a little cheese with that whine? As if we are ever in control anyway. Hard to have sympathy for an attitude like that, yet how many of us really do have that mindset?”

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