size matters
- idiom
- Informal
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el tamaño importa
- Size matters, but so does accessibility.
So does size matter in terms of neural networks with how good the system performs?
- So does size matter in terms of neural networks with how good the system performs?
- I'm I, I, I mean beauty and energy and passion and chemistry sort of things, but doesn't penis size matter?
- It even sounds silly, but in swimming, your throat size matters.
Examples
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But you're a human weapon and size matters in a fight, but size can't matter 'cause you're not going to be bigger or smaller in your fight, right?
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And again, the cell size matters as well because these are in a six cell tray.
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But there is a challenge because size matters.
Academic text (2003) -
But you know, it's really the only organ where size matters is your brain.
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When designing a small apartment, size matters to ensure every inch is used efficiently.
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In cooking, the size matters of your pan for achieving the right temperature and cooking time.
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During a presentation, size matters for the visuals; larger images can make a bigger impact on the audience.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'size is important' is directly and compositionally derived from the noun 'size' and the verb 'matter' (to be important); the phrase is simply a subject–predicate statement (size + matters = size is important). This is a common and cross-linguistically transparent construction, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
The saying size matters comes from everyday scenes where a thing's size decides the result, like trying to push a large sofa through a small door. That's why size and the fact that it matters became a short way to say that 'size is important' for how well something will work or fit.
