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
"A fat lot of good that would be."
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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