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something else again
Idioms and Phrases
A different case entirely, as in If he'd called to cancel, we wouldn't mind, but not showing up, that's something else again . [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
Navarro is something else again: He’s highly educated and not especially rich.
Deadwyler and Chukwu turn the scene into something else again, a demonstration of resolve, righteous anger and love.
“No shame if you can’t breastfeed, but if you can & are somehow convinced that your own milk isn’t as good as a ‘scientifically researched product’, that’s something else again.
When Nat had finished, he said, “Hmmm. You are quick at figures, Mr. Bowditch. Well, we’ve got our latitude, all right. The longitude—that’s something else again. I wish chronometers weren’t so infernally expensive.”
“Lad, you haven’t even begun! Navigation—that’s something else again! Want to learn it? I reckon I could teach you.”
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