a fat lot of good

a fat lot of good

Something that is useless or not worth the effort. A fat lot of good that did me, spending all that time carefully wrapping the ceramic mugs only to drop the box on the floor and break them all.See also: fat, good, lot, of

a ˈfat lot of good/help/use

(spoken) not at all good/helpful/useful: A fat lot of use that would be! What a stupid idea. ♢ He was a fat lot of help, I must say!See also: fat, good, help, lot, of, use