sail from some place to some place else Idiom

something else

so good as to be beyond description The movie was something else. It was the best movie I had seen in years.

something else again

a different kind of thing Working all day on Saturday is OK but working all day Sunday is something else again.

or else

if not；otherwise否则
Do what I tell you，or else you'll be sorry．照我的话做，否则你要后悔的。

sth else

Idiom(s): sth else

Theme: AMAZING

something wonderful; something extra special. (Informal.)
• Did you see her new car? That's really something else!
• John hit a hall yesterday that went out of the stadium and kept on going. He's something else!

put oneself in sb else's place

Idiom(s): put oneself in someone else's place AND put oneself in someone else's shoes

Theme: EMPATHY

to allow oneself to see or experience something from someone else's point of view.
• Put yourself in someone else's place, and see how it feels.
• I put myself in Tom's shoes and realized that I would have made exactly the same choice.

play sb off against sb else

Idiom(s): play sb off against sb else

Theme: MANIPULATION

to scheme in a manner that pits two of your adversaries against one another.
• Bill wanted to beat me up and so did Bob. I did some fast talking, and they ended up fighting with each other. I really played Bill off against Bob.
• The president played the House off against the Senate and ended up getting his own way.

name sb after sb else

Idiom(s): name someone after someone else AND name someone for someone else

Theme: NAME

to give someone (usually a baby) the name of another person.
• We named our baby after my aunt.
• My parents named me for my grandfather.

mistake sb for sb else

Idiom(s): mistake someone for someone else AND mix someone up with someone else

Theme: IDENTIFICATION

to confuse someone with someone else; to think that one person is another person.
• I'm sorry. I mistook you for John.
• Tom is always mistaking Bill for me. We don't look a thing alike, though.
• Try not to mix Bill up with Bob.

in sb else's shoes

Idiom(s): in someone else's shoes AND in someone else's place

Theme: EMPATHY

seeing or experiencing something from someone else's point of view.
• You might feel different if you were in her shoes.
• Pretend you're in Tom's place, and then try to figure out why he acts the way he does.

draw a line between sth and sth else

Idiom(s): draw a line between sth and sth else

Theme: DIFFERENCE

to separate two things; to distinguish or differentiate between two things.
• It's necessary to draw a line between bumping into people and striking them.
• It's very hard to draw the line between slamming a door and just closing it loudly.

sail from some abode to some abode else

to move or biking from one abode to addition in a baiter or ship. We sailed from San Juan to Acapulco. The address sailed from its home anchorage to Baltimore overnight.Learn more: else, place, sail

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