the bigger they come

Idioms  

1. see bigger they come.

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Example Sentences

But sometimes the bigger they come, the harder they fall — and in its initial showings at the Venice and Telluride film festivals, the hotly anticipated “Bardo” has gotten off to a rather rough start.

From Los Angeles Times

I then noted that the calculation was the first I'd seen “for exactly how much harder they fall the bigger they come.”

From Scientific American

The bigger they come, thought Johnny, the harder they fall.

From Literature

It’s a reminder that, the bigger they come, the harder they fall.

From Forbes

The bigger they come, the harder they fall.

From Time Magazine Archive