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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as a sack" is grammatically correct but its usability in written English depends on context.
It can be used in a metaphorical sense, often to describe someone or something that is heavy, burdensome, or lacking in energy.
Example: "After the long meeting, I felt as a sack, completely drained of energy and motivation."
Alternatives: "like a bag" or "as heavy as a sack."
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Smallholders had about as much collective spirit as "a sack of potatoes", he once complained.
Colonel Qaddafi was carrying what Mr. Shaaban described as a sack of magic charms.
Quiet, limp as a sack of laundry, he kisses me softly whenever he has the chance.
The mashed potatoes are as lumpy as a sack of olives.
Wild Wild West is as silly as a sack of spoonbills.
And it really doesn't help that most Rambo films, especially the second and third instalments, were as dumb as a sack of biscuits.
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He is the victimizer, but he is as sad a sack as his victims.
"Some parents go as far as demanding a sack of flour or clean water in return for agreeing to get their children immunised.
She felt as if a sack of cement had been poured into her and quickly hardened.
With Goldin, sufferer and creator dissociate about as temperately as two tomcats in a sack.
They don't want to be seen as a sacking club, while they have also been impressed with the off-field work the Dutchman has undergone during his tenure.
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