Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

the bigger they come, the harder they fall

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables
the big-ger they -come, the hard-er they -fall
IPA
67
Scrabble Score
34
Letters
5
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Synonym of the bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Synonyms

the bigger they are

Questions

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