pack on the pounds

== English == === Verb === pack on the pounds (third-person singular simple present packs on the pounds, present participle packing on the pounds, simple past and past participle packed on the pounds) (colloquial) To gain weight, especially as a result of vigorous or excessive eating. 1936, "Today, these healthy Dionne Quins had Quaker Oats" (advertisement), Windsor Daily Star (Canada), 3 Dec., p. 27 (retrieved 13 Nov 2010): For growing youngsters, this marvelous nourishment helps pack on the pounds, adds inches to height.