tub of lard

tub of lard

A highly derogatory term for an obese person. These glamour magazines make it seem like anyone who's not a cover model is basically a tub of lard.
See also: lard, of, tub
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

tub of lard

a fat person. (Insulting.) Who's that tub of lard who just came in? That tub of lard can hardly get through the door.
See also: lard, of, tub
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

tub of lard

and tub of guts
n. a fat person. (Cruel. Also a rude term of address.) Shut up, you stupid tub of lard! Who’s that tub of guts who just came in?
See also: lard, of, tub
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • saltine
  • foundry
  • nut factory
  • nut-foundry
  • nuthatch
  • nuthouse
  • blob
  • alley cat
  • an ambulance chaser
References in periodicals archive
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Not many TV shows can boast a tub of lard as one of their star guests or attract a wide variety of hosts from Sir Bruce Forsyth and Brian Blessed to Benedict Cumberbatch and Jo Brand.
And then you ask Lionel, 'So, these weapons of mass destruction" Ian Hislop, Angus Deayton and Paul Merton with guests Donna McPhail, Salman Rushdie and that infamous tub of lard back in 1993 Ian, Paul and the host's chair - all still going after 28 years
I recall sitting at another ground near a chap, who liked his pies and ale, describing a supremely fit, slim young man as "a great tub of lard".
The technical, passing, possession football that is now the norm for any side with ambitions to remain in the Premier League, let alone win it, and the idea that eating vegetables rather than a tub of lard would help player performance, were brought in by Wenger alone.
It reminded me why, instead of a feeling of holistic well-being, I always leave these places feeling fleeced and swearing I could do a better job myself with a cheese grater and a tub of lard.
I'd prefer the Tub of Lard treatment - which was dished out to nonattendee Lord Hattersley after, at short notice, he dropped out of appearing on Have I Got News for you for a third time.
Its laugh still echoes in the silent recesses of my mind until today, whispering to me that I'm fat, that everyone hates me, and that I'm a tub of lard that nobody will ever want.
Which politician was once replaced by a tub of lard on the TV show Have I Got News For You?
Repeat the process as necessary, or when a melon and a tub of lard are introduced.
HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU BBC1, 9pm What have Boris Johnson, Ross Noble and a tub of lard got in common?
The basket contains alleged footballing love-cheat Ryan Giggs, alleged reality TV star Imogen Thomas, alleged defender of the truth and Birmingham Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming, and a tub of lard. Which one would you save?
It is certainly a show with plenty of quiet and refined dignity, which is bizarre considering it once replaced a guest with a tub of lard. When it started on BBC Two back in 1990, there was little publicity to accompany the king of the comedy panel games.
Expressions such as "fatso," "tub of lard," "blimp," "balloon," "shrimp" or "munchkin" could be outlawed.
She's been known to have the occasional bath with a tub of lard.