like a beached whale

like a beached whale

1. Completely stuck and unable to move or escape from the situation. Said especially of large objects or vehicles. Our van's wheels sunk in the mud, and we've been stuck here like a beached whale for over an hour!
2. offensive slang Of a person, exceptionally large or obese. I love going to the beach, but I'm going to look like a beached whale in this swimsuit.
See also: beach, like, whale
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • roll off
  • on wheels
  • roll down
  • roll to
  • roll to (someone or something)
  • roll off of (someone or something)
  • roll on
  • roll on (something)!
  • roll onto
  • roll onto (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
But it won't last long with him because he likes to drink his beer and keep eating, so by Christmas he'll look like a beached whale again."
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Residents of a western Alaskan fishing village had good reason to groan, "I feel like a beached whale." It seems that after finding a dead adult beluga on the shore, they harvested the skin and pink blubber in its tail, refrigerated it, and later ate it raw.
A whale of an outbreak. (Indications)