make the cheese more binding

Etymology
Cheese can be

Verb

 * 1)  Clinch a deal or agreement.
 * 2)  Add complication to the situation.
 * After all that the car wouldn't start and, to make the cheese more binding, Jack had taken my jumper cables.
 * After all that the car wouldn't start and, to make the cheese more binding, Jack had taken my jumper cables.