big as life

big as life
or[large as life] {adj. phr.} 1. or[life-size] The same size as the living person or thing. * /The statue of Jefferson was big as life./ * /The characters on the screen were life-size./ 2. or[big as life and twice as natural] {informal} In person; real and living. * /I had not seen him for years, but there he was, big as life and twice as natural./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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