fat lot of good
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Etymology edit
From a fat lot.
Noun edit
- (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.
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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.