large as life

Meaning

1. (as) large as life

   used to show surprise at seeing sb / sth

   I hadn't seen her for fifteen years and then there she was, (as) large as life.

In the movies · 3

• Larger than life.The Dawn Wall2017
• You are larger than life, man.Birdman or2014
• When I first met you, you were larger than life.Top Gun1986

Learn it in full scenes

• The Dawn Wall2017
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  • Tommy Caldwell Wins Snowbird
  • Climbers Taken Hostage in Kyrgyzstan

From the same entry

• at large
• give it large
• in large part
• larger than life
• by and large
• loom large
• writ large
• large it