battleship

battleship

A very large foot or shoe. Typically used in the plural. I bet that store doesn't have shoes big enough for your battleships!

enough (something) to sink a (battle)ship

Referring to a very large quantity of something. Over the years, we've accumulated enough Christmas decorations to sink a ship. Where are we going to put them all?
See also: enough, sink
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

enough to sink a ship

Also, enough to sink a battleship. A more than sufficient amount, as in They brought enough food to sink a ship. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]
See also: enough, ship, sink
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

gunboats

and battleships
n. big feet; big shoes. Get those battleships off my sofa! Hasn’t he got the biggest gunboats you ever saw?
See also: gunboat

battleships

verb
See gunboats
See also: battleship
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • spread far and wide
  • hog leg
  • dirty great/big
  • loom
  • loom large
  • consume
  • consume mass quantities
  • by and large
  • out in large numbers
  • a good/great many
References in periodicals archive
One torpedo struck the mighty battleship in the rudders -- her Achilles' heel -- and jammed them.
While America, Britain, France, and Italy continued to operate battleships after the Second World War, the design and construction costs of battleships proved exorbitant in relation to their utility in the era of the aircraft carrier.
Nearly 20 American naval vessels were destroyed in the attack, including eight massive battleships. More than 300 airplanes were also lost.
Some of the men trapped inside the capsized Oklahoma were able to be rescued when crews cut open sections of the bottom of the battleship to reach the trapped sailors.
This supreme manufacturing achievement, and the fact that most of the firms who made it possible have now gone, is the focus of Ian Buxton's book The Battleship Builders, written with co-author Ian Johnston, from Seaforth Publishing.
-Var of Russian Battleship during its passage from Bosphorus
It is fashionable in small naval circles to say that the age of the battleship is over, having been superseded by the aircraft carrier.
The battleship is known for its role in some of the biggest battles during World Wars I and II.
Allen, and his research team will broadcast a live-stream tour of the wreckage of the Japanese battleship Musashi, one of the most renowned and technologically advanced battleships in history.
MANILA (TAP) - Paul Allen, the joint-founder of Microsoft, has announced the discovery of Japan 's World War II Musashi battleship. The wreck of the Musashi is claimed to have been located off the Philippines , more than 70 years after it was sunk in the decisive Battle of Leyte Gulf.
10, Wilmington: Hidden Battleship. Behind-the-scenes tour of unrestored areas of the battleship USS North Carolina (BB-55), plus an information session from the Azalea Coast Radio Club about its work on the ship's radio transmitters.
Malcolm Byrne, a retired Navy lieutenant had a self-made wooden boat, being built up in stages throughout his talk until a replica Dreadnought battleship was on view.
The Pacifica Battleship Center, a non-profit preservation society, raised about $9 million to move and restore the ship.
The actress, 25, joked that her Battleship co-star is more intimidating than the extraterrestrial creatures her character encounters in the sci-fi action movie.