enough to sink a ship

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.
See also:
  • enough (something) to sink a (battle)ship
  • a sinking ship
  • sinking ship
  • get one's teeth into (something), to
  • drip into
  • be ahead of the game
  • cut (something) down to (something)
  • cut down to
  • meet the eye
  • meet the/your eye
References in classic literature
It was a piece of an ice-floe melted down to a fragment, but still big enough to sink a ship, and floating lower than any raft, right in our way, as if ambushed among the waves with murderous intent.
Mirror of the Sea