flat as a pancake

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Extremely level, especially too much so. For example, There are no hills; this terrain is flat as a pancake . This simile dates from the 1500s and has survived its contemporary, flat as a flounder . It is sometimes used, either disparagingly or ruefully, to describe a small-breasted woman.

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April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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