bigger than Ben Hur en · X
Pronunciation
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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.
Meanings
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(informal, qualifier:simile) huge, extravagant.
150 People, Arabs, Camels, Horses, Donkeys and Goats The Eighth Wonder of the World BIGGER THAN “BEN-HUR”
1916, Columbia Theatre advertisement in The Argonaut, Volume 79, No. 2071, page 379