# enough to choke a horse

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/enough-to-choke-a-horse
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

An excessive quantity.

## Examples

- They have enough food to choke a horse at the party.
- The company received enough complaints to choke a horse after they changed the software interface.
- The eccentric collector had amassed enough antique clocks to choke a horse, filling every room in his sprawling estate.

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