big enough and ugly enough
English
Alternative forms
- big and ugly enough (rare)
Etymology
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Adjective
big enough and ugly enough
- (informal) Mature, grown-up, old enough (with the implication that one can look after oneself and make one's own decisions).
- 2002, Nokuthula Mazibuko, In the Fast Lane, →ISBN, page 59:
- Her aunt answered, 'You just go off my child. There are two young women here who are big enough and ugly enough to help me with the dishes.'
- 2014, Maggie Caldwell, Deceitful Desires, →ISBN, page 345:
- Don't worry – he'll come home. He's big enough and ugly enough to look after himself.
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See also
- big boy
- big girl