you could cut it with a knife

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Alluding to something very thick, such as muggy air or a heavy accent; also, a very tense atmosphere. For example, The smoke was so thick you could cut it with a knife , or When I walked in they all stopped talking and you could cut the air with a knife . [ Colloquial ; late 1800s]

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