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ПОПЕРЁК СЕБЙ ШИРЕ (ТОЛЩЕ) highly coll AdjP these forms only subj-compl with copula (subj: human fixed WO

(to be or have become) very fat

X (стал) поперёк себя шире - X is (has grown, has become) wider than he is tall

X is (has become) a butterball X is (has gotten to be) like the side of (as big as) a house.

(author's usage) (Гусев:) ...У всех наших девочек вот такие дети, и все они стали шире себя... (Рощин 1). (G.:) ...All the girls I went to school with have children so high, and they've all grown wider than they're tall... (1b).