Larger than life

Miss Snevellicci's papa looked very big indeed—several sizes larger than life.

At uniform intervals round the base of the pedestal, four naked figures in chains, somewhat larger than life, are seated in various attitudes of humiliation and despair.

I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light / He's gotta be sure and it's gotta be soon / And he's gotta be larger than life

This is a person of surpassing integrity; a man of the utmost sincerity; somewhat larger than life, perhaps.

And the next time / That I saw you / You were larger than life / You came and you conquered / You were doing alright

Nor has he cultivated the kind of flamboyant style with which his country became well acquainted in larger-than-life leaders from Chiang Kai-shek to Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping.

Steve Jobs, driven by his genius and his gut, invented the iPhone and built Apple into the world’s most valuable company. He was uncompromising, larger than life and irreplaceable.