hollow legs

Insatiable eating capacity

Someone with hollow legs can eat or drink enormous quantities without apparent effect—no weight gain, no drunkenness.

The image suggests extra storage space in the legs: That kid must have hollow legs; he ate three helpings and asked for more.

The phrase often describes people who drink heavily without seeming intoxicated.

Related

insatiable · ravenous · bottomless pit · feast · all you can eat · binge · overeater · big eater · banquet · pub crawl · tippler · intake · appetites · beer · stomach · drink like a fish · gourmand · devouring

Opposites
capacity for consumption

hollow legslightweight

Lacking mass or importance

eats like a bird · cheap date · picky eater

alcohol tolerance

hollow legslightweight

Lacking mass or importance

cheap drunk · low tolerance · teetotaler

appetite size

hollow legseats like a bird

Consumes very little food

picky eater · nibbler

Family

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Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G