Смысл: bigger

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1. [bıg] a
<Í> 1. 1) большой, крупный
big book [hotel] - большая книга [гостиница]
big game - крупная дичь
big repair - капитальный ремонт
big gun - тяжёлое орудие
big stuff - амер. разг. тяжёлый снаряд
big close-up - кино очень крупный план (часть лица или деталь предмета)
2) высокий
big man [tree] - высокий человек [-ое дерево]
3) широкий
big margins - большие /широкие/ поля (книги, тетради)
big shoulders - широкие плечи
in a big way - в широком масштабе
2. громкий, сильный
big noise - сильный шум
big voice [roar] - громкий голос [-ое рычание]
3. взрослый
big boy - взрослый мальчик
4. важный, значительный
big man - важный или известный человек
big event - важное событие
big news - важные новости, важное сообщение /известие/
big responsibility [difference] - большая ответственность [разница]
to look big - иметь важный вид
5. (with)
1) беременная (тж. big with child)
2) чреватый; полный
big with news - полный новостей
eyes big with tears - глаза, полные слёз
big with consequences - чреватый последствиями
big with fate - роковой
full of big talk - хвастливый; полный тщеславия; с самомнением
6. великодушный, благородный
big heart - большое сердце
big mind - широкий ум
big nature - широкая натура
7. амер. сл. знаменитый
Frank Sinatra is very big in Las Vegas - Фрэнк Синатра очень популярен в Лас-Вегасе
8. (big-) как компонент сложных слов больше-, широко-
big-boned - ширококостный
♢ the Big Five - «Большая пятёрка» (Советский Союз, США, Великобритания, Франция и Китай в Совете Безопасности ООН)
big eater - хороший едок
big joke - хорошая шутка
big money - большие деньги
big talk - хвастовство
big toe - большой палец (ноги)
to be big on smth. - быть поклонником /энтузиастом/ чего-л.
to be /to get, to grow/ too big for one's boots /shoes/ - важничать

2. [bıg] adv разг.
<Í> 1. хвастливо, с важным видом
to talk big - хвастаться, бахвалиться
2. с размахом, крупно
to think big - иметь широкие замыслы; ≅ не мелочиться
3. успешно
to go over big - блестяще удаться

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bigger Идиома

bigger fish to fry

more important people to meet or do business with Don't bother fighting with him. You've got bigger fish to fry.

bigger than life

"heroic: stronger, wiser, uglier; larger than life" The characters in most novels seem to be bigger than life.

bigger they are...

(See the bigger they are...)

eyes are bigger than one

one takes more food than one can eat His eyes were bigger than his stomach when he went to the restaurant and ordered too much food.

the bigger they are the harder they fall

we can beat the big guys, big players fall harder, mind over matter """Look at all their big players!"" ""Don't worry. The bigger they are, the harder they fall!"""

one's eyes are bigger than one's stomach

Idiom(s): one's eyes are bigger than one's stomach

Theme: FOOD - GLUTTONY

[for one] to take more food than one can eat.
• I cant eat all this. I'm afraid that my eyes were bigger than my stomach.
• Try to take less food. Your eyes are bigger than your stomach at every meal.

have eyes bigger than one's stomach

Idiom(s): have eyes bigger than one's stomach

Theme: EATING

to have a desire for more food than one could possibly eat.
• I know I have eyes bigger than my stomach, so I won't take a lot of food.
• Todd has eyes bigger than his stomach.

Eyes are bigger than one's stomach

If someone's eyes are bigger than their stomach, they are greedy and take on more than they can consume or manage.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall

This idiom means that the more powerful have more to lose, so when they suffer something bad, it is worse for them.

Your belly button is bigger than your stomach

If your belly button is bigger than your stomach, you take on more responsibilities than you can handle.

eyes are bigger than one's stomach|eye|eyes|stomac

informal You want more food than you can eat. Annie took a second big helping of pudding, but her eyes were bigger than her stomach. "Your eyes are bigger than your stomach," mother told little Tommy when he piled up food on his plate.

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In addition to the idiom beginning with bigger, also see eyes are bigger than one's stomach, one's.

bigger they come, the harder they fall, the

bigger they come, the harder they fall, the
Persons in important positions lose more when they fail, as in Impeaching a President is very painful—the bigger they come, the harder they fall. This expression is believed to come from boxing and gained currency when boxer Robert Fitzsimmons used it in a 1902 newspaper interview before fighting the much heavier James J. Jeffries. It was probably derived from similar adages, such as “The bigger the tree, the harder she falls.”

eyes are bigger than one's stomach, one's

eyes are bigger than one's stomach, one's
Someone wants more than he or she can handle, as in He's thinking of acquiring a third business, but we think his eyes are bigger than his stomach. This expression alludes to someone taking more food than he or she can digest. [Late 1500s]

the bigger they come

the bigger they come
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