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big (of someone)

generous; kind or forgiving. (Sometimes sarcastic.) He gave me some of his apple. That was very big of him. It was big of Sally to come over and apologize like that.

See:

• a big ask
• a big cheese
• a big deal
• a big fish
• a big fish in a small pond
• a big girl's blouse
• a big gun
• a big head
• a big mouth
• a big noise
• a big shot
• a big wheel
• a big-head
• a small cog in a large machine
• a small cog in a large wheel
• a small frog in a big pond
• as big as life
• be (not) big on (something)
• be big of
• be big of (one)
• be big on
• be larger than life
• big
• big and bold
• big and burly
• Big Apple
• big around as a molasses barrel
• big as all outdoors
• big as life
• big blue
• big board
• big boned
• big boy
• big boys
• big brass
• big break
• Big Brother
• Big Brother is watching you
• big bucks
• big bully
• big cheese
• big daddy
• big deal
• Big deal!
• big Dick
• Big Dig
• big drink
• big drink of water
• big enchilada
• big eye
• big eyes
• big fat
• big fat grin
• big fish
• big fish in a small pond
• big frog in a small pond
• big gun
• big guy
• big hand
• big hat, no cattle
• big head, have a
• big hitter
• big in
• big iron
• big jab
• big John
• big juice
• big jump
• big kahuna
• big league
• big leagues
• Big Mac attack
• big man on campus
• big moment
• big mouth
• big mouth, have a
• big name
• big noise
• big of one
• big of someone
• big ol'
• big old
• big ole
• big on
• big picture
• big send-off
• big shot
• big sleep
• big spender
• big stink
• big talk
• big tent
• big things come in small packages
• big ticket
• big time
• big top
• big up
• big wheel
• big with
• big with child
• big with someone
• big woman on campus
• big year
• big Zs
• big-boy pants
• big-C
• big-D
• bigger fish to fry
• bigger they are, the harder they fall
• bigger they come, the harder they fall, the
• biggest frog in the puddle
• big-girl pants
• big-H
• big-league
• big-name
• big-O
• big-ticket
• big-time
• big-time operator
• big-time spender
• bite the big one
• brass hat
• buy the big one
• catch big air
• cut a wide swath
• drive the big bus
• eyes are bigger than belly
• eyes are bigger than one's stomach, one's
• get a big head
• give (someone) a big head
• give a hand
• go over
• go over big
• great guns
• have a big head
• have a big mouth
• have a pair
• have big ears
• have bigger fish to fry
• have eyes bigger than (one's) belly
• have eyes bigger than (one's) stomach
• hit it big
• hit the big time
• in a big way
• larger than life
• Like it’s such a big deal
• Like it's such a big deal!
• little frog in a big pond
• Little pitchers have big ears
• lucky break
• make a big thing of
• make a federal case of
• make a federal case out of
• make big
• make great play of
• make it big
• more/bigger/greater than the sum of its parts
• Mr Big
• Mr. Big
• no big deal
• no big whoop
• one's eyes are bigger than stomach
• open (one's) big mouth
• other fish to fry
• play a big part
• play in the big leagues
• speak softly and carry a big stick
• suck a big one
• suck the big one
• talk big
• talk on the big white phone
• the Big Apple
• the big daddy
• the big house
• the big one
• the big picture
• the big time
• The bigger they are, the harder they fall
• the bigger they come, the harder they fall
• the last of the big spenders
• think big
• too big for boots
• too big for britches
• too big for one's britches
• walk softly and carry a big stick
• What's the big idea?
• what's the idea
• yea big