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something else

Idioms  
  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]


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“It does make me worry, though. It won’t last forever and then something else will come along, but I’m going to try my best to enjoy this while it lasts.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

We know this because, not very long ago, millions of European consumers discovered that products sold to them as beef contained something else entirely.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

While he blogged about students wasting time watching Netflix, he found something else to binge that would end up being far more important to his career: effective altruism.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

"I keep wanting them to let me dig it up and put something else in it that's not as good."

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

It smelt of reindeer and red deer and beaver, and fresh blood -and something else: a new smell that he hadn’t yet learnt.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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