big as life
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Near it, and part of it, is Willemzoon, with her plain face and her deep sapphire eyes, as big as life, and no bigger.
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2016
There was as big as life," Pileggi recalls, "and Nora leaned across to me in the theatre and said, 'This one is for real… you can't just phone it in.'
From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2013
Every time a boxer or any athlete is told you are too old or too little, we will see Archie Moore smiling as big as life, saying, "No, I did it."
From Time Magazine Archive
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Every time they pick up their newspaper�or so it seems�there is their own Dave Powers, sitting as big as life next to the President of the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
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We were sailing right past them now, smooth as silk, big as life.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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