(as) large as lifeBritish EnglishBrE spokenTHERE used when someone has appeared or is present in a place where you did not expect to see them 确确实实(就在眼前)〔用于表示没有料到某人的出现〕 I turned a corner and there was Joe, as large as life. 我转过弯,乔居然就在我的眼前。
(as) large as life• I looked up - he was standing nearby, large as life.• Oh, Lee, you're as large as life.• As large as life and death, both funny and sad - and not a little dangerous.• There were the words, as large as life and often twice as sane.• He had been standing large as life beside Lady Usk, and it was plain that he knew her identity.
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