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                            Phrase(s): *big around as a molasses barrel 
Rur. very big around. (*Also: as ~.)  •  He ate till he was as big around as a molasses barrel.  •  The athlete’s chest was big around as a molasses barrel.
                        
                        
 
                        
                            McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs