Swiss cheese
Noun
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Noun
Swiss cheese (uncountable)
- (informal) Synonym of Emmentaler#English|Emmentaler, a Swiss cheese with many holes
- (colloquial) By extension, any cheese which resembles Emmentaler, especially ones with holes.
- (figurative, colloquial) Something that is full of holes or vulnerabilities.
- 2004, InfoWorld (volume 26, number 13, page 26)
- […] surprise and frustration when systems ultimately decay into a block of security Swiss cheese.
- 2004, InfoWorld (volume 26, number 13, page 26)
- Portuguese: queijo suíço
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