enough to sink a ship

Idioms  

1. Also, enough to sink a battleship. A more than sufficient amount, as in They brought enough food to sink a ship. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

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enough to sink a ship

Hydraulically powered and manipulated by the arm, Bruce is agile enough to sink a ship, which he does.

From Time Magazine Archive

"You're clever enough to sink a ship," he was once told, "but you'll never draw."

From Time Magazine Archive

It’s reported to be big enough to sink a ship.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

He'll sell you anything, and he's got cash enough to sink a ship.

From Cape Cod Stories by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

"Has debts enough to sink a ship, but floats through life as if she had never known what it was to be poor."

From The Eternal City by Sir Hall Caine