a fat lot of use

a fat lot of use

No use or help. Used to describe something that is useless, unhelpful, or not worth the effort. A fat lot of use 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, lot, of, use
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
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See also:
  • a fat lot of good
  • a fat lot of good/help/use
  • a waste of space
  • waste of space
  • you're wasting my time
  • be a waste of space
  • faff
  • faff about
  • fanny about
  • fanny around