fat lot of good

• a fat lot of good

From a fat lot.

fat lot of good

1. (informal, idiomatic) of no use or help

   Synonyms: fat lot of use, fat lot of help

   Fat lot of good that'll do me!

   • 1919, J. Storer Clouston, chapter 18, in Simon:

     "Well, there's your friend Silent Simon, and all the police—" / "A fat lot of good they are!" said Ned.

• “fat lot of good”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “a fat lot of good use” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “a fat lot of good use help”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “fat+lot+of+good” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.