Fit as a butchers dog

exp.

Heard in Dublin

An attractively proportioned young woman with an excellent figure.

In use

Theres no wastage on that wan shes as fit as a butchers dog.

Posh English

There is not an ounce of surplus flesh on that young lady for she possesses a splendid figure.

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