Idiom
different breed of cat
Meaning
Something entirely different; a whole other thing or matter.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That new machine is a different breed of cat.”
“I thought the new project would be easy, but it is a different breed of cat entirely.”
“While the previous manager relied on traditional methods, the new director is a different breed of cat, favoring radical innovation over established protocol.”
Examples
simple
“That new machine is a different breed of cat.”
contextual
“I thought the new project would be easy, but it is a different breed of cat entirely.”
complex
“While the previous manager relied on traditional methods, the new director is a different breed of cat, favoring radical innovation over established protocol.”
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