a (fat) lot of good

idiom

informal

: no use or help at all

"I've brought an umbrella." "A (fat) lot of good that will do now that it's stopped raining!"

Examples of a (fat) lot of good in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Washington is now San Francisco East — resembling a place where a lot of good football players have had to work overtime for their next big contract, including Nick Bosa and old friend Trent Williams. —David Aldridge, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025

There’s a lot of good stuff out at the beginning of the month. —Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025

He's done a lot of good things for the school and our community. —Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025

And a lot of good memories — shared past memories and new memories that were created. —Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 13 Aug. 2025

And while this was only one exhibition game with a lot of good and some teachable moments, Dart looked enough like an NFL quarterback against the Bills to whet the fans’ appetite of what’s to come. —Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2025

So there’s a lot of good things that happened today. —Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025

The verdict on the chili cheese fries from someone who can’t remember the last time (if ever) she’s eaten that particular concoction: The decadent emulsion of fat and cheese does a lot of good for anyone craving comfort and down-home American food. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 31 July 2025