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, simile) Actually present.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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