chalk and cheese
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Etymology[edit]
Attested in variant form since 1393. The surface of some cheeses, particularly unaged ones, looks similar to chalk – white, crumbling – but in substance cheese is much softer than chalk.
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Noun[edit]
chalk and cheese (uncountable)
- (Britain, New Zealand, idiomatic) Said of things that are superficially alike but very different in substance.
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superficially alike but different
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References[edit]
- "chalk and cheese", World Wide Words, Michael Quinion