Swiss cheese
Noun

Swiss cheese (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Synonym of Emmentaler#English|Emmentaler, a Swiss cheese with many holes
  2. (colloquial) By extension, any cheese which resembles Emmentaler, especially ones with holes.
  3. (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.
Translations
  • Portuguese: queijo suíço



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