Flat as a pancake
adjective phrase
Very flat: The car was squashed flat as a pancake
[1761+; the form flat down as pancakes is found by 1611]
Extremely level, especially too much so. For example, There are no hills; this terrain is flat as a pancake. This simile dates from the 1500s and has survived its contemporary, flat as a flounder. It is sometimes used, either disparagingly or ruefully, to describe a small-breasted woman.
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- Flat-back
noun 1. a book spine presenting a completely flat surface. 2. a book bound with such a spine.
- Flatbacker
noun A prostitute: His prostitutes are well known for being unhooked flatbackers (1960s+)
- Flatbed
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/ˈflætˌbɛd/ noun 1. a lorry with a flat platform for its body