Meanings
- idiomaticinformaluncountableAn excessive quantity.
You didn't have to buy enough wrapping paper to choke a horse, just because it was on sale.
1 more example
There's poison underneath the sink, of course. There's also enough formaldehyde to choke a horse.
1999, Tom Waits, “What's He Building?”, in Mule VariationsSynonyms: enough to choke a snake
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn excessive quantity.
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enough to choke a horse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enough%20to%20choke%20a%20horse
“enough to choke a horse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enough%20to%20choke%20a%20horse. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enough to choke a horse,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enough%20to%20choke%20a%20horse.
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