have more chins than a Chinese phone book

Meaning

Verb

  • To be exceedingly fat, especially under the chin (as in a "double chin").

Origin

  • A pun on the word chin and the common Chinese surname Chin. The phrase was likely popularized by the American comic Joan Rivers.

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