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May L. Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
Cheese cauldron
Here is another difficult expression from "Harry Potter".
I may be as woefully wrong as Humphrey Belcher who believed the time was ripe for a cheese cauldron.
What does the cheese cauldron mean here? Is it about cheese-making, or is it a kind of snack, or something?
Thanx in advance.
I may be as woefully wrong as Humphrey Belcher who believed the time was ripe for a cheese cauldron.
What does the cheese cauldron mean here? Is it about cheese-making, or is it a kind of snack, or something?
Thanx in advance.
Top answer
Cauldrons are pots normally used for brewing up magical potions. Without having read the book, I presume that Humphrey likes his food, and wanted to use his cauldron to melt cheese for fondue. Not the thing to use one's cauldron for, if one is a serious apprentice wizard!
- Cauldrons are pots normally used for brewing up magical potions.
- Without having read the book, I presume that Humphrey likes his food, and wanted to use his cauldron to melt cheese for fondue.
- Not the thing to use one's cauldron for, if one is a serious apprentice wizard!
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Cauldrons are pots normally used for brewing up magical potions. Without having read the book, I presume that Humphrey likes his food, and wanted to use his cauldron to melt cheese for fondue. Not the thing to use one's cauldron for, if one is a serious apprentice wizard!
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The idea was to create a cauldron, that one can use to brew potions in, made of cheese.
However, as many potions are required to be heated over a flame (or other heat source); it would cause the cheese to melt and essentially make the item useless.
it’s a pastiche to the idiom - “As useful as a chocolate teapot” - which would have similar disastrous effects.
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