Swiss-cheesed
Anglais
Étymologie
- De Swiss cheese (« Emmental »).
Adjectif
Swiss-cheesed \Prononciation ?\
- (Sens figuré) (États-Unis) Transformé en gruyère.
Enormous popping and wrenching noises are coming from inside as big pieces of Swiss-cheesed metal give way, and the superstructure is slowly collapsing down into the hull like a botched soufflé.
— (Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, 1992 (éd. 1993))