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Phrase(s): large as life (and twice as ugly)
Go to big as life (and twice as ugly)., Phrase(s): *large as life
Fig. in person; actually, and sometimes surprisingly, present at a place. (*Also: as ~.) • I thought Jack was away, but there he was as large as life. • Jean was not expected to appear, but she turned up large as life.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs