Fat
Fat adjective - Having a greater than usual measure across.
Usage example: a set of fat encyclopedia volumes took up the whole shelf
Narrow
Narrow adjective - Being of less than usual width.
Usage example: found a narrow opening in the fence that he was able to squeeze through
Both words in one sentence
- Subverted in Paprika The enormously fat Tokita is suggested to be something of a Man Child, as well as a comically ridiculous overeater who gets stuck in narrow passageways.
Source: Fat Bastard / Anime and Manga - In Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, there is a war waging between people who break their hard-boiled egg at the fat end (the "big-endians"), and those who break it at the narrow end.
Source: Cavemen vs. Astronauts Debate -
This trope is an exaggeration of male bodybuilders (or any reasonably toned man with low body fat) having the ideal "triangle" figure of a broad chest and shoulders with a narrow waist.
Source: Top-Heavy Guy
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