in the same league

Idioms  

1. On the same level of skill, in the same class, as in As a woodworker, Bill wishes he were in the same league as Carl, who is a master carpenter. This metaphoric expression alludes to the leagues of baseball clubs, categorized as major or minor. It is often put negatively as not in the same league, as in This restaurant is not in the same league as the French café across the street. [Early 1900s]

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Example Sentences

"He's trying to make people think that they're in the same league as Waymo. They're not," says the software entrepreneur, who has been engaged in a years-long quest to expose Tesla's alleged failings, even paying for an advert at the Super Bowl.

From BBC

It’s similar to football, where teams in the same league could face off in the opening round.

From Los Angeles Times

In the end, she was very well supported by the club and would have been in a different position to some other managers in the same league, who are now at the place she was 12 years ago.

From BBC

And this raises the questions: how helpful is a label that puts chocolate bars in the same league as tofu?

From BBC

He joins Daley and Jack Laugher as the only British divers to win two medals in one Olympics - but is humble in that he does not see himself in the same league.

From BBC