flat as a pancake

idiom

informal
: very flat
The land there is (as) flat as a pancake.
The tire was flat as a pancake.

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Industrial Production is flat as a pancake and has been so for nearly two years. Robert Barone, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024 In a nod to Stanford economist Nick Bloom, Pollak says that aside from big tech companies insistent on 2023 being the year of efficiency and cost-cutting, employment levels have stayed flat as a pancake. Jane Thier, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2023

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“Flat as a pancake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flat%20as%20a%20pancake. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.

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