phrase
Meaning 1
huge, extravagant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Qualifier: simile
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Phrase guide
bigger than Ben Hur
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History
Etymology
A comparison to the extravagance of the 1899 play Ben-Hur. Though the phrase is often erroneously claimed to have been coined in reference to the 1959 film, use of the phrase long predates the film.