A British English simile meaning actually present and real — used to express surprise or emphasis that someone or something genuinely appeared in person. Often used in the phrasing there he was, as large as life. Can also be extended to as large as life and twice as natural for added emphasis.
I turned around and there was my old teacher, as large as life, standing in the supermarket queue.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK, simile) Actually present.
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