Big and bold
Large and striking, as in His ties tended to be big and bold in color and pattern , or This big and bold design for a book jacket is sure to catch the casual browser’s eye . This phrase, used mostly to describe things rather than persons, is a kind of visual analog of loud and clear
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- The-big-apple
New York City. New York City •Popularized in the 1970s as a nickname: New York is the Big Apple/ young musicians storming into the Apple (1909+) A jitterbug dance of the mid1930s
- Big apple
New York City. Contemporary Examples Trisha Yearwood’s Favorite Food Trisha Yearwood November 28, 2010 British Artist Banksy Stages Guerrilla Street Art Show in New York City Justin Jones October 2, 2013 We’re All Carnies Now: Why We Can’t Quit the Circus Anthony Paletta November 26, 2014 How the Circus Got a Social Conscience Justin Jones […]
- Big apple, the
big apple, the New York City •Popularized in the 1970s as a nickname: New York is the Big Apple/ young musicians storming into the Apple (1909+) A jitterbug dance of the mid1930s
- Big as life
Also, large as life. In person, as in And there was Mary, big as life, standing right in front of me. This phrase transfers the same size as in real life (life-size) to an actual appearance. Sometimes this term is embellished with and quite as natural, presumably alluding to a likeness of a person or […]