After cheese comes nothing.
After cheese comes nothing.
Meaning in plain English
The saying places nothing after cheese, presenting it as the end of a sequence. The wording does not explain whether the rule concerns a meal, custom or another setting.
Example
A reader notes the proposed stopping point and asks what meal or custom the speaker has in mind.
Deeper explanation and when to use it
After marks order rather than value, and nothing makes the endpoint absolute. A qualified interpretation can discuss the role of a final course while acknowledging that the context is not supplied. It should not become a universal rule about eating or a claim that later food is harmful. The useful reading identifies an endpoint without inventing its reason.
When to use it
Use it to discuss an abbreviated sequence rule with its setting qualified.
Keep in mind
The source does not establish a dietary benefit or a universal dining custom.
Edsverb editorial interpretation · agent reviewed · 2026-10-05. This explains the saying; it does not establish its historical origin.
- Source
- A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
Entry 234 · Cheese
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- traditional · historical anthology
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- Public domain (United States)
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