- broad as a barn door
- *broad as a barn doorvery broad or wide. (*Also: as\broad as a barn door.) •
Jim's backside is as broad as a barn door.
•The weight lifter's chest is broad as a barn door.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
broad as a barn door
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