elephant dose

noun

elephant dose

noun
1

Of drugs Large amount.

  • Even with an elephant dose of sedative, the horse was still kicking at him when he tried to clean the wound.2014, Bo Brock, Crowded in the Middle of Nowhere: Tales of Humor and Healing from Rural America, Austin, Texas: Greenleaf Book Group Press, →ISBN, page 73:
  • She had to be put to bed with an elephant dose of tranquilizers.1992, Gloria Dank, As the sparks fly upward, New York: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 69:

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