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couldn't be more different

idiom

Two entities that have virtually nothing in common.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    built different

    Able to do things which others cannot; extremely talented or unusual.

  2. 02

    couldn't care less

    To not care at all; to have no interest or concern; to be apathetic.

  3. 03

    couldn't carry a note in a bucket

    Not musically talented, unable to sing.

  4. 04

    couldn't happen to a nicer

    Sarcastically asserts that those in question thoroughly deserve their fate.

  5. 05

    couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery

    Is unable even to organise a project that requires no planning; is incompetent; used to describe someone as greatly incompetent.

  6. 06

    couldn't stop a pig in a passage

    To be bow-legged.

  7. 07

    different breed of cat

    Something entirely different; a whole other thing or matter.

  8. 08

    different drummer

    Someone or something that implies individuality, originality, or nonconformity.

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