Swiss-cheese the job

Refers to either of two strategies for reducing the distress/fatigue/boredom of performing an extra-disagreeable task; you either "layer" the labor --- i.e., perform a few minutes' work on the yucky job, then go do something else for a while, then return and work some more on the drudgery-task, then take another break with less-agonizing labors to again relieve your feverish emotional suffering, and so on --- like the cheese and lunch-meat in a sandwich, or else you "poke holes" in the disgusting task --- i.e., perform one or more smaller random bits of the job at a time as your gumption permits, so that the overall endeavor becomes more and more "fragmented and hollowed" (like the holes in Swiss cheese) as time goes on --- until the task eventually gets wholly completed by being gradually-but-steadily "chipped away at" over the course of a few days until it's all gone.
I soooo didn't wanna clean out all da musty crap in da storage-shed out back... the task seemed just too daunting and tedious to try to tackle all in one go. So I decided to Swiss-cheese the job instead --- just kinda "picking at the edges" of the jumbled heap over the course of a couple weeks --- and eventually I had the entire pile removed and the floor nicely swept out again.
by QuacksO July 14, 2018
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Swiss cheesed

To be exposed to something weird gross or disgusting you didn’t wanna see, faster than you could realize it was happening
“Dude I showed Jerry 2 girls one cup. Safe to say I Swiss cheesed him.”
by Boss hoss March 16, 2025
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Swiss cheese

Swiss cheesing refers to the gentle act of pinning someone to the ground and railing them from behind
“Dude, Aaron Swiss cheese’d his girlfriend so hard, that she cried”
by Kayney July 31, 2025
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Swiss Cheese!

When you're trying to call someone and they can't hear you, shout "Swiss Cheese!" and they should look.
"Emma! Emma! Emma!" No response? Shout, "Swiss Cheese!" And she looks.
by spawnables January 26, 2015
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