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enough to sink a ship



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Idioms and Phrases

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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Example Sentences

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

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"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."

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

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

Those which can be seen are not dangerous; it is only the half-submerged logs, almost invisible, yet large enough to sink a ship, for which a careful look-out has to be kept, both in the rigging and on the bows.

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