(as) large as life and twice as ugly

(as) large as life and twice as ugly

Present before someone, often surprisingly so. I had just been thinking about my old classmate Melvin, then I turned the corner at the grocery store and there he was, large as life and twice as ugly!
See also: and, large, life, twice, ugly
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • as big as life
  • big as life
  • as large as life
  • large as life
  • bigger than life and twice as ugly
  • blast
  • a blast from the past
  • as it turned out
  • as it/things turned out
  • cross somebody's path