The expression “to be bigger than” means that someone is “above” a small matter. “My mate asked me if he should punch the guy who told him he was fat as a walrus. I said, no mate, you’re bigger than that” was posted on Twitter on July 3, 2009. “If someone calls you fat, don’t mind them. You’re bigger than that” was posted on Twitter on March 13, 2011.
“Don’t stress if someone says you are fat. You are bigger than that” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on December 4, 207.
Twitter
Chris Longridge
@Chris_Longridge
My mate asked me if he should punch the guy who told him he was fat as a walrus. I said, no mate, you’re bigger than that.
4:45 AM - 3 Jul 2009
Google Books
Police, Crime & 999
By John Donoghue
Leicester, UK: Matador
2011
Pg. 158:
A rude kid isn’t really a police matter, but I did what I could. I tried to put it into perspective for her, to try to get her to rise above it. Sticks and stones, and all that stuff.
“A fat elephant? Come on, you’re bigger than that!” I told her, but that just seemed to make things worse.
Twitter
Dan Coutinho
@danielfnc
If someone calls you fat, don’t mind them. You’re bigger than that.
1:33 PM - 13 Mar 2011
Twitter
Tiago Costa
@tiagocostamusic
“If someone calls you fat don’t bother, you’re bigger than that.” @prmariofreitas
4:05 PM - 11 Jul 2011
Twitter
Cloves Rodrigues
@OficinadoBill
When someone call you to “fat”, dont worry, you’re bigger than that.
7:25 AM - 4 Sep 2011 from Guarulhos, Brasil
Reddit—Jokes
Don’t stress if someone says you are fat
submitted December 4, 2017 by uniVocity
You are bigger than that.
Twitter
Dalton Webb
@dalton__webb
Don’t stress if someone says you are fat. You are bigger than that.
2:13 PM - 4 Dec 2017
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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