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Discover LudwigThe phrase "is only so big" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to emphasize that something has a limited size or capacity. Example: The apartment is small, but it is only so big and I have managed to make it cozy and functional.
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… The pie is only so big".
Even the Sunday Times is only so big.
The parental pot is only so big, however.
"A plane is only so big," said Jim Compton, the chief revenue officer at United Continental Holdings.
It's another way of admitting that your world is only so big, that most people can only get so far.
Without a whole lot of direction or planning we decided to rip our kitchen apart, but our house is only so big.
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Executives from Twitter weren't invited, a Trump spokesman told the press, because "the conference table was only so big".
The earth is only so big….
That's a big change, there is only so much time over a race weekend, and even less when the conditions are mixed like they were in Melbourne.
Mr. Irvine said he did not expect to create a niche business out of retrofitting old sports arenas because there are only so many really big churches, but he said that Houston and the church were setting a good example.
"With a school being so big, there's only so many places he can be at one time," she said.
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