have more chins than a Chinese phone book
To be exceedingly fat, especially under the chinTo be exceedingly fat, especially under the chin (as in a "double chin").
» Have you read this book already?
Hast du dieses Buch schon gelesen? — MUIRIEL
Haben Sie dieses Buch schon gelesen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Hast du dieses Buch schon mal gelesen? — pne
Haben Sie dieses Buch schon mal gelesen? — pne
Вы уже читали эту книгу? — ae5s
Ти вже читав цю книжку? — deniko
Ти вже читала цю книжку? — deniko
Ви вже читали цю книжку? — deniko
Ти вже прочитав цю книжку? — deniko
Ви вже прочитали цю книжку? — deniko
Ти вже прочитала цю книжку? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(humorous, offensive)To be exceedingly fat, especially under the chin (as in a "double chin").
Examples
1314 sentencesHave you read this book already?
Ти вже читав цю книжку? — deniko
ruВы уже читали эту книгу? — ae5s
deHast du dieses Buch schon gelesen? — MUIRIEL
Have you read this book yet?
Ти вже читав цю книжку? — deniko
ruВы уже читали эту книгу? — ae5s
deHast du dieses Buch schon gelesen? — MUIRIEL
Have you read the book yet?
Ти вже прочитав книгу? — deniko
ruТы уже прочитал книгу? — Hellerick
deHaben Sie das Buch bereits gelesen? — xtofu80
You have a lot of books.
У тебе багато книжок. — ascolto
ruУ тебя много книг. — Olya
deDu hast viele Bücher. — xtofu80
Do you have any foreign books?
У тебе є якісь іноземні книжки? — deniko
deHaben Sie ausländische Bücher? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
A pun on the word chin and the common Chinese surname Chin. The phrase was likely populariA pun on the word chin and the common Chinese surname Chin. The phrase was likely popularized by the American comic Joan Rivers.
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Forms
has more chins than a Chinese phone book, having more chins than a Chinese phone book, had more chins than a Chinese phone book, had more chins than a Chinese phone book| Base form | have more chins than a Chinese phone book · to have more chins than a Chinese phone book |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | has more chins than a Chinese phone book |
| Present participle | having more chins than a Chinese phone book |
| Past simple | had more chins than a Chinese phone book |
| Past participle | had more chins than a Chinese phone book |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | have more chins than a Chinese phone book |
| he, she, it | has more chins than a Chinese phone book |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | had more chins than a Chinese phone book |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have had more chins than a Chinese phone book |
| he, she, it | has had more chins than a Chinese phone book |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will have more chins than a Chinese phone book |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.