not anything like

Idioms  

1. Also, nothing like; not anywhere near; nowhere near. Quite different from, far from; also, not nearly. For example, The town's library isn't anything like the university's library, or His outfit was nothing like his brother's, or It isn't anything like as cold as it was last winter, or That movie isn't anywhere near as exciting as I thought it would be, or Her diamond is nowhere near as big as mine. The phrases with like date from the late 1700s, and those with near from the mid-1400s.

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Example Sentences

"It's super difficult conditions to play in that heat, especially us playing in England - there's not anything like that before," said James.

From BBC

In further violation of the code, Lippmann was quick to let people know that whatever he’d been paid by his employer was not anything like what he’d been worth.

From Literature

By the end of the day, Hegseth clarified on social media: “Qatar will not have their own base in the United States—not anything like a base. We control the existing base, like we do with all partners.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Well, except no, it’s not anything like that.

From Slate

That may not have quite kept up with inflation, which would have raised the justices’ pay to about $311,060 since 2009, but it’s not anything like the march backward experienced by those on the federal minimum wage.

From Los Angeles Times