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(05-19-2018 01:37 PM)jebem Wrote:  "A little big" is a direct translation from a very common Portuguese expression that we, the Camões's language speakers, use when we want to say that a object is bigger than the average for that object class:
In Portuguese: "Um pouco grande"

I don't know the correct native English speakers equivalent idiomatic expression for that, though.

It's not really an idiomatic phrase, it's just general vocabulary and is the same in many languages:

en -- A little|bit big
fr -- un peu grand
es -- un poco|poquito grande
it -- un po grande
de -- ein Bisschen(*) groß
nl -- een beetje groot
Afrikaans -- 'n bietjie groot

(*) there is some debate as to whether it should be Bisschen with a capital B or just bisschen. "Ein Bisschen" is a noun that means "a little bite" and all nouns are written with capitals in German. However, in general usage many people use "bisschen" instead.