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big
adjective- generous US, 1934
Often ironic, especially in the phrase “that’s big of you”. - JOE: Funny listening to him saying it all the same. And he’s leaving you and Sarah the upper fields and the bog and the two boats and any other stuff there is about the place. PHILLY: That’s big of him–I made the boats myself. — Brian Friel, The Gentle Island, 1971
- in darts, the larger of two sections of a number on the dartboard US
For example, the larger 6 section would be “big six”. - — Keith Turner, Darts, p. 129, 1980
▶ like a big dog
to an extreme US- — Washington Post Magazine, p. 9, 6 September 1987
▶ the big dish
a big win AUSTRALIA
Australian gambling slang.- — Lawson Glossop, Lucky Palmer, 1949
▶ too big for your boots
conceited, self-important UK, 1879- Mkoll regularly gets too big for his boots. I’ll reprimand him when this is done. — Dan Abnett, Honour Guard, p. 11, 2001
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