Citations:fat lot
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English citations of fat lot
- 1996, Joe Simpson, Storms of Silence, The Mountaineers Books, →ISBN, page 61:
- '... no.' 'Fat lot of good it did you then.' The skinhead suddenly lurched into view and glared at us both. Richard started trying to shuffle round behind me.
- 2006, Esther Armah, Can I Be Me?, iUniverse, →ISBN:
- “... no.” “Fat lot of good you are.”
- 2012 April 23, Elizabeth Reeder, Ramshackle, Cargo Publishing, →ISBN:
- Some fat lot of good that did, where the hell was the lawyer's number when we needed it? Where is the note he should have left about where he's gone? I yank it down, the nail pulling out of the wall. I chuck the nail towards the trash […]
- 1914, John Greer Ervine, Jane Clegg; a play in three acts, page 19:
- HENRY CLEGG: Huh! Fat lot of good it is to me.
- 1994, Peter Spear, Return to Zork, →ISBN:
- ... Hm ! Fat lot of good that did.
- 2011 July 15, Sally Wentworth, Marriage by Arrangement, Harlequin, →ISBN:
- 'Huh! Fat lot of good anything I've taught you is if it takes you away from here.'
- 2012 November 1, Julius Falconer, The Alkan Murder, Pneuma Springs Publishing, →ISBN, page 11:
- ... Huh, fat lot of good that would do anybody.
- 2012 December 12, Oliver Eade, A Single Petal: Murder, politics and passionate love in ancient China, Andrews UK Limited, →ISBN:
- ... Huh! Fat lot of good it was!
- 2015 September 1, Erika Chase, Law and Author, Penguin, →ISBN:
- "Huh. Fat lot of good that will do me." "Well, putting on my police officer cap for a moment, that's a good thing. I'm sure he's already told you to not get involved in the case."
- 2016 December 14, Janet Lind, In the Mists of Paluma, Balboa Press, →ISBN:
- “Awww, you could have waited for me,” whined Sandy jokingly, waving her camera at them. “Huh! Fat lot of help you were,” grinned Rick, turning around [...]
- 2018 December 11, Alan Jacobs, Me? I Kill People, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 9:
- ... Huh! Fat lot of use they are.
- 2019 July 1, Amy Patricia Meade, The Garden Club Murders, Severn House Publishers Ltd, →ISBN:
- ... huh? Fat lot of good that did. Just last week I caught the mangy cur wandering through my heirloom pachysandra.
- 2020 April 16, Rosie Goodwin, The First of the Days of the Week Collection: Mothering Sunday, The Little Angel and A Mother's Grace, Bonnier Zaffre Ltd., →ISBN:
- 'Huh! Fat lot of good that would do,' Miss Fox snorted, folding her hands neatly at her waist.
- 2022 December 13, Alan Dean Foster, Icerigger, Open Road Media, →ISBN:
- "Huh! Fat lot of good it'd do me, too!" He shivered.
- 1925, Ben Travers, Mischief, S.B. Gundy, page 303:
- Dancing, and such-like. She seems to get a fat lot of fun out of you!
- 2022 September 21, Michelle Worthington, The Bushranger's Daughter, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
- 'Fat lot of fun she will be. Too busy showing off what good quality wife material she would make, I should suspect.' Connie's lips had curled in a smug smile at her sly uncovering of her mother's hidden agenda, until her mother's raised […]
- 2009 July 21, Jason Busby, Zak Parrish, Jeff Wilson, Mastering Unreal Technology, Volume I: Introduction to Level Design with Unreal Engine 3, Pearson Education, →ISBN, page 14:
- Fat lot of fun that would be. Thankfully, the graphics engine translates this information into the lush environments you see during gameplay (see FIGURE 1.13). The graphics engine is responsible for “behind-the-scenes” calculations few […]
- 1919, The Living Age, page 97:
- 'Fat lot o' good we did ' em,' said the Cockney. 'Just sat in comfortable trenches an' watched them take theirs - 'cep' me, that got no- think for my pains but a 'ole in me toonic an' a telling off from the sergeant. Fat lot o' […]
- 1924, John H. Wilkinson, Leeds Dialect Glossary and Lore: Containing about 2,400 Words and Phrases with Explanatory Sentences; Chapters on Local Folk-lore and Superstitions; Customs; Similes; Pronunciations; Festivals and Holidays; Anecdotes; Nicknames; Curiosities in Place-names; Old Inn-signs; Recollections of Old Leeds and Neighborhood; Juvenile Lore and Games, Etc, page 109:
- [...] fat lot o' wark he does , onny day . " Fatther ( pron . as in " lather " ) . Father . Fatty - cakes . Hot cakes kneaded with lard or dripping , oven - baked , and served to tea . They are very tasty and require little butter , being […]
- 2010 March 30, Celeste Bradley, Rogue In My Arms: The Runaway Brides, St. Martin's Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 180:
- "Fat lot o' good yer doin' 'er, then!" he blurted.