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enough to choke a snake

enough to choke a snake noun: synonym of enough to choke a horse.

Noun

enough to choke a snake (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Synonym of enough to choke a horse
    • Harry the Mexican belting the cows with a length of rope thick enough to choke a snake and consigning them in Spanish with a "son-of-a-beech" thrown in every now and then;1962, Chayym Zeldis, Streams in the Wilderness, page 106
    • The butterflies, with beetle-lady acting as choir director, pretended to pay no attention; but a two hundred dollar scarf might be dropped accidentally, or a diamond ring large enough to choke a snake might be twisted into plain view as a butterfly leaned forward, chin on delicately curved twist.2001, Jack Cady, The Hauntings of Hood Canal

Synonyms of enough to choke a snake

Questions about enough to choke a snake

What does enough to choke a snake mean?
Enough to choke a snake means synonym of enough to choke a horse.
What part of speech is enough to choke a snake?
Enough to choke a snake is a noun.

Words near enough to choke a snake in the dictionary

  1. enough is enough
  2. enough is too much
  3. enough said
  4. enough sense to pound sand into a rathole
  5. enough to choke a horse
  6. enough to choke a snake
  7. enough to go around
  8. enough to make a cat laugh
  9. enough to make a grown man cry
  10. enough to make the angels weep
  11. enough to put in one's eye

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