say cheese

English

Verb

say cheese

(idiomatic) Used imperatively to elicit a smile from someone for a photograph by their saying "cheese" (the vowel of which, when pronounced as is usual in English, forces a somewhat smile-shaped mouth).

Coordinate terms

cheeser

Translations

elicit a smile from someone for a photograph

Chinese:
Mandarin: 茄子 (zh) (qiézi)
Finnish: (there's no "standard" term)

Japanese: チーズ (ja) (chīzu)
Portuguese: dizer xis

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Translations to be checked

Catalan: digueu Lluíiiis
Icelandic: segðu sís

Spanish: ^{(please verify)} di patata

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