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Idiom

big fat

Meaning

Complete, utter, total.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“That was a big fat lie.”

“I studied all night, but the test was a big fat waste of time.”

“Despite his elaborate promises of reform, the final report turned out to be a big fat disappointment to the entire committee.”

Examples

simple

“That was a big fat lie.”

contextual

“I studied all night, but the test was a big fat waste of time.”

complex

“Despite his elaborate promises of reform, the final report turned out to be a big fat disappointment to the entire committee.”

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