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that's about the size of it

that's about the size of it phrase: that is the situation; that is how it is.

Phrase

that's about the size of it

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) That is the situation; that is how it is.
    • Emp. […] And p’r’aps you really think to win the prize of it.
      Dan. To use a strong expression, that’s the size of it.1848 (first performed), Robert Barnabas Brough, William Brough, Camaralzaman and Badoura; or, the Peri Who Loved the Prince: An Extravagant Arabian Night's Entertainment (play; pamphlet), London...
    • This is “about the size of it” as they say in California: […]1874 January, “Sundry humbugs”, in American Agriculturalist, volume 33, number 1, New York, →OCLC, page 6

Questions about that's about the size of it

What does that's about the size of it mean?
That's about the size of it means that is the situation; that is how it is.
What part of speech is that's about the size of it?
That's about the size of it is a phrase.

Words near that's about the size of it in the dictionary

  1. that's a laugh
  2. that's a pity
  3. that's a relief
  4. that's a shame
  5. that's a wrap
  6. that's about the size of it
  7. that's all
  8. that's all Greek to me
  9. that's all she wrote
  10. that's all there is to it
  11. that's all, folks

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