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poles apart

Idioms  

  1. In complete opposition, as in The two brothers were poles apart in nearly all their views. This expression alludes to the two extremities of the earth's axis, the North and South poles. [Early 1900s]

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"What you read online versus what I hear and see each day in our community are poles apart. There are some people with polarising views, but I would say you could count them on one hand. We're a population of several thousand up here."

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"Both, poles apart in genre, did great business," he said.

From Barron's

However, being ranked alongside meerkats and beavers doesn't mean our societies are the same - human society is poles apart.

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Things have changed considerably and today's teams are poles apart in terms of depth and experience.

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He thinks the story has caught people's attention because the two styles of music are "poles apart".

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