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as large as life

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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!

See also: large, life

as large as life

  (British, American & Australian) also as big as life (American)

if you say that someone was somewhere as large as life, you mean that you were surprised to see them there I looked up from my paper and there he was, as large as life, Tim Taylor!

See also: large, life