enough to choke a horse

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enough to choke a horse (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic, informal) An excessive quantity.

   You didn't have to buy enough wrapping paper to choke a horse, just because it was on sale.

   • 1999, Tom Waits, “What's He Building?”, in Mule Variations:

     There's poison underneath the sink, of course.
     There's also enough formaldehyde to choke a horse.