The bigger they come, the harder they fall

Cultural  

1. The more powerful and successful people are, the more they suffer when they experience defeat and disaster.

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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

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

"The bigger they come, the harder they fall," he said.

From Time Magazine Archive

Perhaps the managers at Tandy Corp., based in Fort Worth, Texas, should have heeded another aphorism: the bigger they come, the harder they fall.

From Time Magazine Archive