She's larger than life.

I would not take it as a compliment.

It means that the person thinks or acts like their lives are more exciting and better than us mere mortals.

It's kind of a back handed compliment.


Here's a video that captures that....

I'm a positive person so I'd take it as a compliment and then smile at the person who says it to me.

So, you're saying I'm not a positive person?

Umm...moi? Ne-VER!

Honestly, I used to be more negative. It was how I was brought up - or taking my responsibility -- it's what I let myself gravitate towards. I keep seeing that edge sneak in my (and others) every day life and I try to shape what I see and feel coming at me. It is veritable a plague, I tell 'ya!

I understand it as a compliment - and I definitely mean it as a compliment.

I take it as a person who is positive, appreciates things in their life, tries to grab all the fun, positive things in life to do, is good to others.

I like to have larger than life people in my life.

Many people use 'larger than life' to mean 'more interesting and more exciting than an ordinary person', which surely is a compliment.

Might be so Chai in many cases but the term has a more general meaning

https://www.google.ca/#q=define+larger+than+life+personality

Also see Con above

You know, I've done some thinking, and I realize where I came up with the negative connotation.....from myself and my past.

Back in the day, oh, 27 years ago, when I drank alcoholically, I thought I was larger than life. Inflated sense of importance, etc.
When I stopped drinking, I realized being part of the human race, and having a "regular size life" was much happier.

Plus, for me personally, being around people who are larger than life is quite tiring and stressful.

Yea Chai, we all do it

With me, 43 years ago

In my own case probably to escape life's burdens

Mine too although I attribute any gain in this respect to getting a Better Half who takes over almost all decision-making

I'd cut down to only 1.14 12-oz bottles a day; still with a slight long-term anxiety, fortunately easily relieved by an occasional dose of 5-htp

You're by no means alone Chai

It's so nice of you to show me a moving clip. Thanks.

Thank you. Now I don't have to hesitate to desribe someone as 'larger than life' thanks to you.

The link you suggested clearly shows that the expression can be used as a compliment. Thanks.

FYI, we would call it a "video", not a "moving clip"

One other thing....

We might say "did you see that clip?", but a clip means a segment, ususally small, of a larger video.

Since what I posted was an entire song, it was a video.

I don't think anyone would ever include the word "moving" in there.