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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not anything like

The Kelvin wave is not anything like a tsunami; nor does it crash on beaches.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Although it’s not anything like previous waves, right now cases are rising slightly across the country, especially in Alaska and Missouri, but also in California, Nevada, Hawaii, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

"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 ● Nov. 12, 2025

“He hasn’t done any activity of going to war or anything. It was not anything like that.”

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2022

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 "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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