Idiom
couldn't be more different
Meaning
Two entities that have virtually nothing in common.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My brother and I couldn't be more different.”
“Although they are identical twins, their personalities couldn't be more different.”
“The two political candidates offered visions for the country that couldn't be more different, leaving voters with a stark choice.”
Examples
simple
“My brother and I couldn't be more different.”
contextual
“Although they are identical twins, their personalities couldn't be more different.”
complex
“The two political candidates offered visions for the country that couldn't be more different, leaving voters with a stark choice.”
Origin
Attested as an ironic construction to denote that two entities are entirely distinct, the phrase provides a superlative comparison to emphasize a total absence of similarity.
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