My brother and I couldn't be more different.
couldn't be more different
idiomTwo entities that have virtually nothing in common.
Origin
disputed originAn ironic phrase meaning how something is completely different to another entity.
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.
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built different
Able to do things which others cannot; extremely talented or unusual.
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couldn't care less
To not care at all; to have no interest or concern; to be apathetic.
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couldn't carry a note in a bucket
Not musically talented, unable to sing.
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couldn't happen to a nicer
Sarcastically asserts that those in question thoroughly deserve their fate.
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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.
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couldn't stop a pig in a passage
To be bow-legged.
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different breed of cat
Something entirely different; a whole other thing or matter.
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different drummer
Someone or something that implies individuality, originality, or nonconformity.