Meaning: literally, big as a cow (or pig), carrying excessive fat (example)


Rewrite 1: huge as a hippo
Rewrite 2: stout as a sumo
Rewrite 3: plump as an Easter feaster
Rewrite 4: big as a bassoon
Rewrite 5: corpulent as a vat of lard
Rewrite 6: wide as the rings of a big city circus


Comment: I varied the recast from big to fat to wide to provide ample examples.


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