have a weight problem

have a weight problem

To be fat or obese. Yeah, I used to have a weight problem, but then I started going to the gym regularly. Those rail-thin models are why every young girl in America thinks she has a weight problem!
See also: have, problem, weight
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

have a weight problem

Euph. to be fat; to be overweight. He had a weight problem when he was a teenager, but he slimmed down once he started exercising. She has a weight problem, but she's a lovely woman.
See also: have, problem, weight
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • (as) fat as a pig
  • fat as a pig
  • person of size
  • as fat as a beached whale
  • beach
  • fat as a beached whale
  • (as) fat as a beached whale
  • tub of guts
References in periodicals archive
I DON'T HAVE A WEIGHT PROBLEM, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GAIN EXTRA POUNDS.--NIGHTTIME EATER, TORONTO, CANADA Relax!