YOU SAID:
Im as short as a fat man
INTO JAPANESE
私は太った男のように背が低い
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I'm as short as a fat man.
INTO JAPANESE
私は太った男と同じくらい背が低い。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I am as short as a fat man.
INTO JAPANESE
私は太った人と同じくらい背が低い。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I am as short as a fat man.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.