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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

"He's standing it like a man," was the reply, "just as we supposed he would, but he'll get black marks enough to sink a ship before the night's over."

From Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale by Burt L. Standish

We drank healths enough to sink a ship and Mrs. Barrington was sweetness itself.

From The Girls at Mount Morris by Amanda Minnie Douglas