a fat lot

a fat lot
разг.; ирон.
куда как много, хоть отбавляй

Broadbent (still incredulous): "But his brogue!" Doyle: "His brogue! A fat lot you know about brogues!" (B. Shaw, ‘John Bull's Other Island’, act I) — Бродбент (все еще недоверчиво): "Но его говор!" Дойл: "Говор! Много вы понимаете в ирландском говоре!"

‘A fat lot you must have loved me!,’ she exclaimed. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Of Human Bondage’, ch. 94) — - Нечего сказать, сильно ты меня любил! - воскликнула Милдред.

A fat lot of fun and games in this job! (J. B. Priestley, ‘Daylight on Saturday’, ch. 11) — Да, нечего сказать, на этой работе развлечений хоть отбавляй!


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

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  • (a) fat lot — a fat lot spoken phrase nothing, or not very much at all a fat lot of good/​help/​use: A fat lot of help she’ll be! Thesaurus: nothing, none and no onesynonym small amounts or pieces of somethingsynonym everythi …   Useful english dictionary

  • a fat lot — spoken nothing, or not very much at all a fat lot of good/help/use: A fat lot of help she ll be! …   English dictionary

  • a fat lot — (slang) Not much • • • Main Entry: ↑fat …   Useful english dictionary

  • (a) fat lot of good — informal not helpful or useful. She can t lift anything heavy, so she s a fat lot of use! I m going to tell him exactly what I think of him. A fat lot of good that ll do you! …   New idioms dictionary

  • (a) fat lot of use — informal not helpful or useful. She can t lift anything heavy, so she s a fat lot of use! I m going to tell him exactly what I think of him. A fat lot of good that ll do you! …   New idioms dictionary

  • (a) fat lot of good — a fat lot of good, use, etc. idiom (informal) not at all good or useful • Paul can t drive so he was a fat lot of use when I broke my arm. Main entry: ↑fatidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • (a) fat lot of use — a fat lot of good, use, etc. idiom (informal) not at all good or useful • Paul can t drive so he was a fat lot of use when I broke my arm. Main entry: ↑fatidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • fat lot, a —  Not much …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • fat — [fat] adj. fatter, fattest [ME < OE fætt, pp. of fætan, to fatten, akin to Ger feist, plump < OHG feizzen, to make fat < IE * poid < base * pi , to be fat, distended > Gr pimelē, lard, Sans pīná , fat] 1. a) containing or full of… …   English World dictionary

  • fat, plump, obese, stout — Fat is the customary, everyday word applying to someone who has too much flabby tissue: Is it true that nobody loves a fat man? Whereas fat usually has as unpleasant connotation, plump and stout suggest a roundness that is pleasing or a heavy… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • a fat lot — little or nothing …   Dictionary of Australian slang


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