a chunk of a...

a chunk of a...
амер.; разг.
1) отличный, замечательный, первый сорт (о людях)

You are a lawyer, Mr. Kilgore: yes, a chunk of a lawyer. (DA) — Вы настоящий юрист, мистер Килгор. Первоклассный юрист.

I was then a thumping chunk of a boy, may be ten or a dozen years old. (DA) — Мне было лет десять-двенадцать, и я был весьма занятным мальчуганом.

2) жестокий, ожесточённый (о драке, схватке и т. п.)

He... now and then took a chunk of a fight. (DA) — Иногда он... принимал участие в серьезных драках.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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