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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | | English term or phrase: larger than life | | The phrase is from an actress introducing herself; "Many of you know me as the larger than life character I play on television, Erica Kane." |
| | | (普通より）スケールの大きい | Explanation:
これはよく使われるフレーズで、自分だけのことを考えてみみっちく生きる人間ではなく、
世の人のための活動をしたり、やることなすことスケールの大きな、あるいは派手な人だったり、とにかく普通より大きいスケールで物事を考える、人物のことです。「おおもの(大物）」ですね。 |
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  Yumico Tanaka
Australia
Local time: 05:19
| Grading comment Thank you very much for your answer. I chose "大物キャラ" in the context. Your explanation was so helpful!
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1 hr confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 実際より誇張された・並外れた(人物・キャラクター)
Explanation:
Susan Lucci is one of my favorite bad-girl soap opera characters.
She’s a totally exaggerated character: super evil, super self-centered, super powerful, super menacing….She’s a really bad, bad character….But, interesting!
In this case, I would say that the "larger than live character" is a 並外れた(邪悪な)人物 or 実際/現実より誇張された人物.
The below website has definitions of "larger than life"
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/ej3/48044/m0u/LAR/
lárger-than-lífe
[形] 実際より誇張された；並外れた；超人的な.
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-05-17 04:03:24 GMT)
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Excuse me....I meant "larger than life character" not "live." (above)
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-05-17 04:08:09 GMT)
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Or, （普通の人と比べ）誇張された人物.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-05-17 05:29:45 GMT)
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Excuse me, I've got to correct my first sentence:
Susan Lucci plays (not is) one of my favorite bad-girl soap opera characters. The bad-girl character is Erica Kane. (I watch too much of TV.)
| Joyce A
Thailand
Local time: 02:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:  English
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