as large as life
Related to as large as life: For the Life of Me, in droves, on top of, worse for wear
as large as life
Present before someone, often surprisingly so. Oh, I saw grandma today. I turned the corner at the grocery store, and there she was, as large as life!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*large as life
Fig. in person; actually, and sometimes surprisingly, present at a place. (*Also: as ~.) I thought Jack was away, but there he was as large as life. Jean was not expected to appear, but she turned up large as life.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
large as life
Also, larger than life. See big as life.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
large as life
BRITISH, AMERICAN orbig as life
AMERICANIf you say that someone is somewhere, large as life, you mean that you are surprised and sometimes shocked to see them there. And now she was back, large as life, to claim her inheritance. Amos walked big as life into the diner and took his time over the menu.
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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
large as life
(of a person) conspicuously present. informalThis expression was originally used literally, with reference to the size of a statue or portrait relative to the original: in the mid 18th century Horace Walpole described a painting as being ‘as large as the life’. The humorous mid 19th-century elaboration of the expression, large as life and twice as natural , used by Lewis Carroll and others, is still sometimes found; it is attributed to the Canadian humorist T. C. Haliburton ( 1796–1865 ).
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
(as) large as ˈlife
(humorous) used of somebody who is seen in person, often unexpectedly: I thought she’d left the country, but there she was, large as life, in the supermarket!See also: large, life
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
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