big as a house

Physically large, overweight, said of a person in an unflattering way, as in “I saw Marion the other day and she’s gotten as big as a house.” Why a house should have been chosen as a simile for a large person is not clear, but it has been so used for a very long time.

词组	big as a house
释义	big as a house big as a house Physically large, overweight, said of a person in an unflattering way, as in “I saw Marion the other day and she’s gotten as big as a house.” Why a house should have been chosen as a simile for a large person is not clear, but it has been so used for a very long time. See also: big, house The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: the big house the lady of the house spend the night spend the night with somebody/together stay the night keep open house open house, keep tiny house ask up out of square
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