Idiom
heavy as a dead donkey
Meaning
Very heavy.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“This old suitcase is heavy as a dead donkey.”
“I tried to lift the box of books, but it was heavy as a dead donkey.”
“The antique marble statue proved to be heavy as a dead donkey, requiring four men to move it.”
Examples
simple
“This old suitcase is heavy as a dead donkey.”
contextual
“I tried to lift the box of books, but it was heavy as a dead donkey.”
complex
“The antique marble statue proved to be heavy as a dead donkey, requiring four men to move it.”
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