fat lot
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One hand-stitched, organic silk onesie is going to do you a fat lot of good when your child pees all over it.
From Slate • Feb. 8, 2019
Steaming Hot Take: Known to the previous 9 generations as a fat lot of drunken jokes, the Red Sox this year played 162 games and won 495 of them.
From Golf Digest • Oct. 1, 2018
But a fat lot of good it ever does.
From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2015
After all, there's already an aggressive military campaign ongoing in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and a fat lot of good it seems to be doing.
From Salon • May 5, 2010
Well, that was easy, really — “Quidditch,” he said dully, “and a fat lot of help —” “That’s right,” said Moody, staring at him very hard, his magical eye barely moving at all.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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