| 单词 | larger than life |
| 释义 | larger than lifephrase See full dictionary entry for lifeIf you say that someone or something is larger than life, you mean that they appear or behave in a way that seems more exaggerated or important than usual. ...not that we should expect all good publishers to be larger than life. Throughout his career he's always been a larger than life character. larger-than-life in British Englishadjective exceptionally striking or colourful larger than life in British Englishin an exaggerated form larger-than-life in American English (ˈlɑrdʒərˌðænˈlaɪf) adjective greater, grander, etc. than most others of its kind larger than lifeused for describing someone who seems more interesting or exciting than other people, for example because they are very talented, or because they behavein an unusual or interesting way. In American English, you can also describe them as bigger than life. John Huston was a larger-than-life character, whose temperament was as dramatic asany of the fictional figures in his own films. Examples of 'larger-than-life' in a sentence |
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