Swiss cheese

Definitions

1. Synonym of Emmentaler, a Swiss cheese with many holes
   informal, uncountable
2. By extension, any cheese which resembles Emmentaler, especially ones with holes.
   colloquial, uncountable
3. Something that is full of holes or vulnerabilities.
   colloquial, figuratively, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“"If people really knew the extent to which the Internet is Swiss cheese, they would freak out," Fancher says. As with employee crime, the best protections against attacks by outsiders are matters of common sense⟳, say⟳ security experts.”

“[…] surprise⟳ and frustration when systems ultimately decay into a block⟳ of security Swiss cheese.”

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