fat lot of good

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English[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

a fat lot of good

Etymology[edit]

From a fat lot.

Noun[edit]

fat lot of good

(informal, idiomatic) of no use or help
Synonyms: fat lot of use, fat lot of help

Fat lot of good that'll do me!
- 1919, J. Storer Clouston, chapter 18, in Simon:
  "Well, there's your friend Silent Simon, and all the police—" / "A fat lot of good they are!" said Ned.

Translations[edit]

Translations

Dutch: er vet mee zijn
Finnish: paljoa hyötyä
French: faire une belle jambe (fr)
Polish: na nic

Further reading[edit]

“fat lot of good”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“a fat lot of good use” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
“a fat lot of good use help”, in Collins English Dictionary.
“fat+lot+of+good” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

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