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| Subject | English | Russian |
| Игорь Миг, fig.of.sp. | big as a house | внушительных размеров |
| Игорь Миг, fig.of.sp. | get big as a house | округлиться (напр, говоря о беременной женщине: When I see a friend who is almost nine months pregnant, I might shout delightedly: Wow! You're as big as a house! (Michele Berdy)21) |
| gen. | he is getting as big as a house | его здорово разносит |