broad across the beam

broad across the beam

Of a person (typically female), having a large buttocks and/or thighs. A derogatory term, it refers to ships that have a wide breadth across. All the holiday eating always leaves me a bit broad across the beam!
See also: across, beam, broad
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • pratfall
  • tell (one) where to shove it
  • junk in the trunk
  • buns
  • get your buns over here
  • Get your buns over here!
  • differential
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Their problem is that they are too broad across the beam. They displace 8,000 tons, are 492 feet long, and a fat 68 feet across the beam.
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The Bombay agent's boat is a 65-foot workhorse, snub-nosed and broad across the beam. On the deck stands a muscular young Indian with curry on his breath.
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