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fat as a house

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Very fat; plump; overweight.

not-comparable

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Examples

She was fatfat as a house. My daddy told her not to eat one more thing, and she still got fat.”
“2011 Danny Baker winning cancer fight Daily Express, 11 May 2011. Accessed 4 May 2019. 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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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