a fat lot of good
a fat lot of good
Something that is useless or not worth the effort. A fat lot of good that did me, spending all that time carefully wrapping the ceramic mugs only to drop the box on the floor and break them all.
See also: fat, good, lot, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
a ˈfat lot of good/help/use
(spoken) not at all good/helpful/useful: A fat lot of use that would be! What a stupid idea. He was a fat lot of help, I must say!See also: fat, good, help, lot, of, use
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- a fat lot of good/help/use
- a fat lot of use
- larded with (something)
- not worth a whistle
- jam tomorrow
- fit around
- fit around (something)
- be not worth the paper it's printed on
- (as) useless as tits on a nun
- nun