"cheese and rice" meaning in English

{
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English coordinated pairs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English euphemisms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English minced oaths",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              48
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1999 September 16, Galen Hekhuis <ghekhuis@earthlink.net>, “Re: Marshal Law in Summersville!”, in rec.boats.paddle (Usenet), via Google Groups, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2026:",
          "text": "I know the water was needed, but Cheese and Rice!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              1,
              16
            ],
            [
              176,
              191
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2008, Karen Neches, chapter four, in Earthly Pleasures: a novel, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, via Internet Archive, →ISBN, page 44:",
          "text": "“Cheese and rice!” he screamed. Ryan’s mother had taught her children never to take the Lord’s name in vain. so he’d developed a couple of replacement phrases over the years. “Cheese and rice!” he hollered once more before clapping a hand over his mouth and freezing in place as his toe throbbed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Euphemism or minced oath for Jesus Christ"
      ],
      "id": "en-cheese_and_rice-en-intj-QaVa4AQo",
      "links": [
        [
          "Euphemism",
          "euphemism#English"
        ],
        [
          "minced oath",
          "minced oath#English"
        ],
        [
          "Jesus Christ",
          "Jesus Christ#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cheese and rice"
}

{
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English coordinated pairs",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English euphemisms",
        "English interjections",
        "English lemmas",
        "English minced oaths",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              48
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1999 September 16, Galen Hekhuis <ghekhuis@earthlink.net>, “Re: Marshal Law in Summersville!”, in rec.boats.paddle (Usenet), via Google Groups, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2026:",
          "text": "I know the water was needed, but Cheese and Rice!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              1,
              16
            ],
            [
              176,
              191
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2008, Karen Neches, chapter four, in Earthly Pleasures: a novel, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, via Internet Archive, →ISBN, page 44:",
          "text": "“Cheese and rice!” he screamed. Ryan’s mother had taught her children never to take the Lord’s name in vain. so he’d developed a couple of replacement phrases over the years. “Cheese and rice!” he hollered once more before clapping a hand over his mouth and freezing in place as his toe throbbed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Euphemism or minced oath for Jesus Christ"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Euphemism",
          "euphemism#English"
        ],
        [
          "minced oath",
          "minced oath#English"
        ],
        [
          "Jesus Christ",
          "Jesus Christ#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cheese and rice"
}