large as life千万别理解成“像生命一样大”，引申意思是“确实、千真万确”。

【例句】
There was john, as large as life! I was very surprised to see him.
真是约翰，千真万确！我真没有想到会见到他。

We thought he'd gone toAustralia, but there he was large as life!
我们以为他去了澳大利亚，但他确确实实就在这里出现了！