- thick as pea soup
- *thick as pea soup[of fog] very thick. (*Also: as \thick as pea soup.) •
This fog is as thick as pea soup. You can't see ten feet in front of you.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
thick as pea soup
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pea soup — noun 1. a thick soup made of dried peas (usually made into a puree) (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑soup 2. a heavy thick yellow fog • Syn: ↑pea souper • Hypernyms: ↑fog * * * … Useful english dictionary
Pea soup — is soup made, typically, from dried peas. It is, with variations, a part of the cuisine of many cultures. It is greyish green or yellow in color depending on the regional variety of peas used; all are cultivars of Pisum sativum.Pea soup has been… … Wikipedia
pea-soup fog — «PEE SOOP», Informal. a very thick and heavy fog: »The term “pea soup” has no standing among weathermen, but then most pea soup fogs the ones in London, for instance aren t simply fogs but combinations of fog and smog (E. B. White) … Useful english dictionary
pea soup — noun count 1. ) a soup made from PEAS 2. ) INFORMAL a FOG (=thick low cloud) in which you cannot see anything … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pea soup — pea′ soup n. 1) a thick soup made from split peas 2) inf a dense fog … From formal English to slang
pea soup — soup made from peas; thick fog … English contemporary dictionary
pea soup — /pi ˈsup/ (say pee soohp) noun 1. a thick soup made from split peas. 2. Colloquial thick, dirty fog …
pea-soup·er — /ˌpiːˈsupɚ/ noun, pl ers [count] Brit old fashioned + informal : a very heavy and thick fog The fog was very bad–a real pea souper … Useful english dictionary
pea soup — 1. a thick soup made from split peas. 2. Informal. a dense, yellow fog. [1705 15] * * * … Universalium
pea soup — noun A thick soup made with dried split peas and various other ingredients … Wiktionary
pea soup — noun Date: 1711 1. a thick purée made of dried peas 2. a thick fog … New Collegiate Dictionary
