"A fat lot of use" nghĩa là gì?


"A fat lot of use" có fat lot là rất ít, cóc khô, nhiều gớm (ý mỉa mai) -> cụm từ này nghĩa là vô dụng, không được tích sự gì.

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Not shooting the messenger but that link is a fat lot of use to Joe Public wouldn't you say - still it takes a lot to keep a vital public website up to date.

Before the authorities can fine them, after all, they've got to catch them — and if the gigantic scale of successful fraud is any guide, they're a fat lot of use at that. No, I reckon that despite all the Government's blustering, and its threats of apocalyptic retribution, nuisance callers and scammers will be pestering us for a long while yet.

Hugh Grant is no stranger to scandal – which gave him a head start playing shamed politician Jeremy Thorpe. But that was a fat lot of use when it came to the former Liberal leader’s prowess on the violin.

Oddly, I could make out a tiny map of the Silverstone circuit (đường đua) stuck to the bodywork on his left side; at around 330kph that seemed like a fat lot of use.

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