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fat as a house

fat as a house adjective: very fat; plump; overweight.

Adjective

fat as a house (not comparable)

  1. (simile) Very fat; plump; overweight.
    • She was fat — fat as a house. My daddy told her not to eat one more thing, and she still got fat.2009, Lynne Mitchell, To Touch the Whale, page 74
    • Danny, who has three children, Bonnie, 27, Sonny, 24 and Mancie, 12 with wife Wendy, says the weight loss is no silver lining: “In a couple of years I hope to be bulging at the seams again, fat as a house.2011 Danny Baker winning cancer fight Daily Express, 11 May 2011. Accessed 4 May 2019.

Questions about fat as a house

What does fat as a house mean?
Fat as a house means very fat; plump; overweight.
What part of speech is fat as a house?
Fat as a house is an adjective.

Words near fat as a house in the dictionary

  1. fat and happy
  2. fat arrow
  3. fat arrows
  4. fat as a barrel
  5. fat as a fool
  6. fat as a house
  7. fat as a pig
  8. fat ball
  9. fat balls
  10. fat beard
  11. fat beards

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