Meaning of cheese-eating surrender monkey | Babel Free

Definitions

A French person.

derogatory, humorous, slang

Examples

“Bonjour, you cheese-eating surrender⟳ monkeys!”

“In turn⟳, we British may feel⟳ disillusioned with what's left of the special relationship, increasingly out of sympathy with American attitudes, and rather more in sympathy with the cheese-eating surrender⟳ monkeys and their friends across the Channel.”

“IN PRAISE⟳ OF CHEESE-EATING SURRENDER⟳ MONKEYS OR WASHINGTON FUNDAMENTALISTS VS PARISIAN MONKEYS”

“It's all about the “French Paradox,” that much-publicized puzzle of how French people eat⟳ all that fatty food and drink⟳ tons of wine, yet still manage⟳ to be svelte and sophisticated, not to mention⟳ cheese-eating surrender⟳ monkeys.”

“Maybe it's their French blood. If it is, we sure don't need⟳ cheese-eating surrender⟳ monkeys in the Kaw River Valley!”

“We've lived with terrorism for years, and we know⟳ you can lick it, especially if we don't overreact and make⟳ unnecessary sacrifices of liberty in the name⟳ of security - for freedom is its own⟳ best defence. Between cheese-eating surrender⟳ monkeys and fire-eating war junkies, we look⟳ for a middle way.”

“But despite their seemingly rampant Anglophilia, there are still some things the French miss⟳—a good steak tartare, for instance, or the chance to cheer⟳ on their rugby team without being shouted down as ‘cheese-eating surrender⟳ monkeys’.”

“Groundskeeper Willie called us cheese-eating surrender⟳ monkeys: he almost had it right. But it isn't just the French—as a species we are all cheese-eating surrender⟳ monkeys.”

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