be something 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.

be article else

1. To be amusing and acutely entertaining. A: "So again I said, 'That's not a lady—that's my wife!'" B: "Hahaha, oh Jack, you are article else." Jack's adventure was article else, wasn't it? I anticipation I was activity to cry, I was bedlam so hard!2. To be actual arresting or intriguing. That achievement was article else, Sarah. I've never apparent annihilation like it! You're article else, Mark. I'm aloof consistently in awe of what you are able to accomplish in this company.3. To be abhorrent or repugnant. I mean, we've all done things we're not appreciative of. But burglary money from your dying mother? That's article else, Marty.Learn more: else, something

something else, he/she/it is

Someone or article is extraordinary, in a absolute sense. It does not beggarly “something different” but is a slangy addition of the simpler “isn’t that something.” It is usually said admiringly, as in “Kayla Cole is article else” (James Patterson, London Bridges, 2004).Learn more: he, she, something

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draw sth to a close draw one's fire away from draw sb out draw interest draw a line between sth and sth else draw a bead on downhill from here on downhill all the way down-at-the-heels be so much/many (something) be so much/many something be soaked through be soaked to the bone be soaked to the skin be soft in the head be soft on (someone) be sold a bill of goods be sold a pup be sold on (something) be sold on something be somebody's baby be somebody's department be somebody's for the asking be somebody's for the taking be somebody's life be somebody's man/woman be somebody's middle name be somebody's pigeon be somebody's place to do something be somebody's spiritual home be somebody's style be somebody's type be someone's baby be someone's pigeon be something else be something to (something) be something to shout about be sorry for (oneself) be sorry for (someone) be speaking out of both sides of (one's) mouth be spitting feathers be spitting in the wind be spitting in(to) the wind be spoiled for choice be spoiling for (something) be spoiling for a fight be spoiling for a fight, argument, etc. be spoilt for choice be spoilt/spoiled for choice be spoon-fed be spot on be square be square (with one) be squashed (in) like sardines be staring (one) in the face be staring (something) in the face be staring someone in the face be staring something in the face be stark raving mad be starving