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something else again

Idioms  
  1. 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]


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The Messi at the 2022 World Cup was something else again - a synthesis of everything that had come before.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Deadwyler and Chukwu turn the scene into something else again, a demonstration of resolve, righteous anger and love.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2023

“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.

From Washington Times • May 13, 2022

Our very own Louis XV is, of course, something else again: a deluge of tweets, insults, self-praise, lies and false claims, and strange acts of almost every imaginable sort.

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2019

But an English major who knew shorthand was something else again.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

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