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to look like a walrus

to look like a walrus

8.5
To have a large, round face and a big mustache like a walrus
  • idiom
  • Offensive
translation icon : parecer una morsa
  • He laughed and said his new mustache made him look like a walrus.

Examples

  • After not shaving for a month, he started to look like a walrus.

  • Bundled up in my oversized coat, I look like a walrus in the mirror.

  • He looks like a walrus with that mustache!

  • She looked like a walrus in that oversized coat.

  • After not shaving for a month, he started to look like a walrus with his bushy mustache.

  • Bundled up in my oversized coat, I look like a walrus while trying to squeeze into the chair.

  • He laughed and said his new mustache made him look like a walrus, especially when he smiled.

Antonyms

slim
60 1.0

Thin and with little body fat

How Bulky

massive
236 3.1
to look like a walrus
  • Offensive
8.5
bulky
35 2.3
stocky
20 2.8
average
∞ 1.0
to slim
8 2.4

Surface Forms

look like a walrus infinitive
looked like a walrus past
looked like a walrus past participle
looking like a walrus present participle
looks like a walrus third person singular

Morphology

look + like + a + walrus

The meaning 'to have an appearance resembling a walrus' is directly compositional from 'look' + 'like' + 'walrus' following the common 'look like X' comparative pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the words will understand the basic resemblance meaning. Any additional connotations (insulting sense, implying bulkiness or prominent facial hair) are pragmatic extensions but do not prevent straightforward derivation from the constituents.

Etymology

Look like a walrus is a saying that compares a person's look or body to a walrus. Think of the animal's big whiskers, wide mouth and heavy body; if someone has a thick mustache or looks very bulky, people say they look like a walrus, meaning 'they resemble a walrus'.