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like cheese at fourpence

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Of a person: waiting idly or timewasting.

idiomatic

Examples

“Don't stand⟳ there like⟳ cheese at fourpence.”
“"Why are you standing there like⟳ cheese at fourpence?"”
“Then you can stay⟳ sat there like⟳ cheese at fourpence till Mrs Henshaw gets back with her lawyer.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

like death warmed over like feeding time at the zoo like fingernails on a chalkboard like new like no other like nobody else

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