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something else again



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Idioms and Phrases

A different case entirely, as in If he'd called to cancel, we wouldn't mind, but not showing up, that's something else again . [Mid-1800s]
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Deadwyler and Chukwu turn the scene into something else again, a demonstration of resolve, righteous anger and love.

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ā€œNo shame if you canā€™t breastfeed, but if you can & are somehow convinced that your own milk isnā€™t as good as a ā€˜scientifically researched productā€™, thatā€™s something else again.

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When Nat had finished, he said, ā€œHmmm. You are quick at figures, Mr. Bowditch. Well, weā€™ve got our latitude, all right. The longitudeā€”thatā€™s something else again. I wish chronometers werenā€™t so infernally expensive.ā€

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ā€œLad, you havenā€™t even begun! Navigationā€”thatā€™s something else again! Want to learn it? I reckon I could teach you.ā€

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ā€œBut itā€™s something else again when you start getting into new stuff,ā€ Clyburn said.

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