second to none

Idioms  

1. The best, as in Mom's chocolate cake is second to none. Shakespeare was among the first to use this term in The Comedy of Errors (5:1), when Angelo speaks warmly of Antipholus of Syracuse: “Of credit infinite, highly belov'd, second to none that lives here.”

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Example Sentences

Second to none: When the Dodgers traded for second baseman Brian Dozier, the clubhouse was subdued.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2018

Of very reverend reputation, sir; Of credit infinite, highly belov'd, Second to none that lives here in the city: His word might bear my wealth at any time.

From The Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare, William

Second to none for faithfulness, Abilities and usefulness.

From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1 by Various

Second to none, as friends to the individual, they are first and foremost among the compages, the bonds and rivets of the race.’ 

From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

Second to none as a work of art—indeed more striking than any in the naïve and fearless truth of the rendering—is the Lavinia Sarcinelli as a Matron in the Dresden Gallery.

From The Later Works of Titian by Phillips, Claude

Related Words

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• main
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