flat as a pancake
idiom
informal
: very flat
The land there is (as) flat as a pancake.
The tire was flat as a pancake.
Examples of flat as a pancake in a Sentence
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Industrial Production is flat as a pancake and has been so for nearly two years.
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Robert Barone, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
In a nod to Stanford economist Nick Bloom, Pollak says that aside from big tech companies insistent on 2023 being the year of efficiency and cost-cutting, employment levels have stayed flat as a pancake.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2023
Campbell laughed as he was brought down and landed as flat as a pancake as the board shot behind them.
—Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2023
That region is flat as a pancake and sub-tropical vegetation.
—Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
Campbell laughed as he was brought down and landed as flat as a pancake as the board shot behind them.
—Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2023
The deeply unpopular theory erroneously posits that the planet is flat as a pancake and (according to many) contained beneath a dome.
—Kelly Weill, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2022
That region is flat as a pancake and sub-tropical vegetation.
—Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
Where Kiernan Shipka had the luxury of a range of emotions to play with as Sabrina, Ortega has to play Wednesday flat as a pancake.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2022
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Robert Barone, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
In a nod to Stanford economist Nick Bloom, Pollak says that aside from big tech companies insistent on 2023 being the year of efficiency and cost-cutting, employment levels have stayed flat as a pancake.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2023
Campbell laughed as he was brought down and landed as flat as a pancake as the board shot behind them.
—Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2023
That region is flat as a pancake and sub-tropical vegetation.
—Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
Campbell laughed as he was brought down and landed as flat as a pancake as the board shot behind them.
—Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2023
The deeply unpopular theory erroneously posits that the planet is flat as a pancake and (according to many) contained beneath a dome.
—Kelly Weill, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2022
That region is flat as a pancake and sub-tropical vegetation.
—Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
Where Kiernan Shipka had the luxury of a range of emotions to play with as Sabrina, Ortega has to play Wednesday flat as a pancake.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2022
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“Flat as a pancake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flat%20as%20a%20pancake. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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