From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsomething on steroidssomething on steroidsAmerican English informal used to say that something is much bigger, stronger, more impressive etc than something else that is similar to it – used humorously They sell cinnamon rolls on steroids. → steroid
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something on steroids• Nineteen were also on steroids with or without azathioprine.• The flavor is akin to anchovies on steroids.• I felt like a Pop Warner athlete on steroids.• Near the pull-down machines I get a lecture on body parts from a guy who looks like Mel Gibson on steroids.• And the Alnico pickup sounds huge, almost like a Stratocaster neck pickup on steroids and three steaks a day.• Finding no road, we leave the terrarium on steroids to enact Plan B, which begins in Oracle.