tipped the scales

Sure, there was one other guy who tipped the scales above 200 pounds, but he was tougher, more Irish, less nerdy.

The global economy is now paying an exceedingly steep price for having tipped the scales on already dangerous imbalances.

The recent wave of corporate downsizing and research cutbacks in the U. S. has also tipped the scales.

This tipped the scales against the small reinforcement required for the attack on Rhodes.

Until recently, he tipped the scales at around 420 pounds. Airlines had to fit special seats for him.

Marie Eaton, 42, tipped the scales at 50 stone two years ago - five stone more than her husband and four children combined.

the largest tipped the scales at a gorilla like heft of 80 kilograms.

Then the recession hit and tipped the scales.

The biggest pumpkin in the world tipped the scales at a whopping 1, 446 pounds.

Overweight: Harding tipped the scales at over 200 pounds in 1918.

Unemployment tipped the scales in October at 21. 2%, the highest in Europe.

Last year, 30% of children in 30 states tipped the scales as either overweight or obese.