heart as big as Phar Lap

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Etymology[edit]

In reference to the champion Thoroughbred racehorse Phar Lap (1926–1932), supposed to have had an unusually large heart.

Noun[edit]

a heart as big as Phar Lap

  1. (Australia, informal) The quality of being very bighearted (noble, kind and generous).