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Discover LudwigThe phrase "sack of potatoes" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a large, heavy, or cumbersome object, or to convey a feeling of being weighed down or burdened. Example: "Carrying that heavy sack of potatoes on my back all day was exhausting." Another example could be: "The news of their divorce hit me like a sack of potatoes."
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"It's like a sack of potatoes".
It "kind of makes them look like a sack of potatoes," he said.
"She's just a sack of potatoes now, like an extra piece of luggage".
Smallholders had about as much collective spirit as "a sack of potatoes", he once complained.
Now they carry me like a sack of potatoes, which is really painful for me".
My limp, unprepared body hit the floor like an embarrassing and ugly sack of potatoes.
"Oh, I was definitely the sack of potatoes," Mr. Branagh said with a laugh.
In lieu of a sleeping partner, I slept next to a very large sack of potatoes.
He hit her in the face and she went down like a sack of potatoes.
11.20am GMT Crimeans feel like they were handed over like "a sack of potatoes", says Putin.
"He was carried in like a sack of potatoes by a burly manservant.
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