(a) fat lot of use
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(a) fat lot of use — informal not helpful or useful. She can t lift anything heavy, so she s a fat lot of use! I m going to tell him exactly what I think of him. A fat lot of good that ll do you! … New idioms dictionary
(a) fat lot of good — a fat lot of good, use, etc. idiom (informal) not at all good or useful • Paul can t drive so he was a fat lot of use when I broke my arm. Main entry: ↑fatidiom … Useful english dictionary
(a) fat lot of good — informal not helpful or useful. She can t lift anything heavy, so she s a fat lot of use! I m going to tell him exactly what I think of him. A fat lot of good that ll do you! … New idioms dictionary
(a) fat lot — a fat lot spoken phrase nothing, or not very much at all a fat lot of good/help/use: A fat lot of help she’ll be! Thesaurus: nothing, none and no onesynonym small amounts or pieces of somethingsynonym everythi … Useful english dictionary
a fat lot — spoken nothing, or not very much at all a fat lot of good/help/use: A fat lot of help she ll be! … English dictionary
fat — fat1 W3S2 [fæt] adj comparative fatter superlative fattest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(flesh)¦ 2¦(object)¦ 3¦(money)¦ 4 fat chance 5 (a) fat lot of good/use 6 fat cat 7 in fat city 8 grow fat on something … Dictionary of contemporary English
fat — 1 adjective 1 FLESH having a lot of flesh on your body, especially too much flesh: You ll get fat if you eat all that chocolate. | That big fat opera singer what s his name? opposite thin 1 (2) 2 THICK OR WIDE thick or wide: Dobbs was smoking a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fat — [fat] adj. fatter, fattest [ME < OE fætt, pp. of fætan, to fatten, akin to Ger feist, plump < OHG feizzen, to make fat < IE * poid < base * pi , to be fat, distended > Gr pimelē, lard, Sans pīná , fat] 1. a) containing or full of… … English World dictionary
fat — fatless, adj. fatlike, adj. /fat/, adj., fatter, fattest, n., v., fatted, fatting. adj. 1. having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person. 2. plump; well fed: a good, fat chicken. 3. consisting of or containing fat; greasy; oily:… … Universalium
fat — [[t]fæ̱t[/t]] ♦♦ fatter, fattest, fats 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that a person or animal is fat, you mean that they have a lot of flesh on their body and that they weigh too much. You usually use the word fat when you think that this … English dictionary
