enough to choke a snake

English

Noun

enough to choke a snake (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Synonym of enough to choke a horse
    • 1962, Chayym Zeldis, Streams in the Wilderness, page 106:
      Harry the Mexican belting the cows with a length of rope thick enough to choke a snake and consigning them in Spanish with a "son-of-a-beech" thrown in every now and then;
    • 2001, Jack Cady, The Hauntings of Hood Canal:
      The butterflies, with beetle-lady acting as choir director, pretended to pay no attention; but a two hundred dollar scarf might be dropped accidentally, or a diamond ring large enough to choke a snake might be twisted into plain view as a butterfly leaned forward, chin on delicately curved twist.
    • 2008, Cathy McDavid, The Family Plan, page 23:
      Dust particles floated in the air, thick enough to choke a snake.
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