something else

1. A person, thing, or event that is quite remarkable, as in That pitcher is something else, or Her new film is something else. The else in this idiom means “other than ordinary.” [Colloquial; early 1990s]

Example Sentences

So then we had to try something else.”

From Salon

“It’s like a film stock that doesn’t actually exist in reality. It’s not 35 and it’s not 16, it’s something else that we created in this Frankenstein process. But it evokes a feeling and that’s the thing that I was after.”

From Los Angeles Times

So I'd rather spend those hours doing something else or planning something fun for the fans for the way we're going to put out this album, or baking.

From BBC

Tadpoles become toads, and, in tales such as this one, metaphorical toads can be — whether through will, chance, or wishes — transformed into something else.

From Salon

Now the Rams face something else completely unexpected: The unbeaten Indianapolis Colts.

From Los Angeles Times

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