Английский словарь американских идиом - big as life

or large as life {adj. phr.} 1. or life-size The same size as the living person or thing. * /The statue of Jefferson was big as life./ * /The characters on the screen were life-size./ 2. or big as life and twice as natural {informal} In person; real and living. * /I had not seen him for years, but there he was, big as life and twice as natural./