larger than life
If someone is larger than life, that person attracts a lot of attention because they are more exciting or interesting than most people:
Most characters in his movies are somewhat larger than life.
larger than life
more obvious than usual:
His superhuman strength gives the story a larger-than-life quality, like a fable.
EXAMPLES of larger than life
In fact, they may still appear recognisable but 'larger than life'.
It turned the exotic background sounds of folk music into leading characters, larger than life, revealing in minute detail their inner qualities.
Instead of mysterious caves, dragons, and romanticized heroes, fantastic factory floors, gigantic machines, and larger than life machinists confront the audience.
The mood is contagious, and the images are larger than life, because those who articulate such views have both voice and influence.
Sounds, even the most intimate vocal ones, can appear larger than life through electroacoustic processing and sound diffusion techniques.
This phrase, which became larger than life with the passage of time, meant different things to different people.