Idiom
poles apart
Meaning
Totally opposite.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My brother and I are poles apart in our interests.”
“Although they have been friends for years, their political views are poles apart.”
“The two candidates were poles apart on every major issue, making a compromise impossible during the debate.”
Examples
simple
“My brother and I are poles apart in our interests.”
contextual
“Although they have been friends for years, their political views are poles apart.”
complex
“The two candidates were poles apart on every major issue, making a compromise impossible during the debate.”
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