something else

Idioms and Phrases

A person, thing, or event that is quite remarkable, as in That pitcher is something else , or Her new film is something else . The else in this idiom means “other than ordinary.” [ Colloquial ; early 1990s]

Example Sentences

That discernment is thanks to Chu, said Platt: “Very frequently, Jon stopped us from changing things or turning them into something else. Because of his love for the material and his great sense of purpose and legacy, he protected us against ourselves.”

From Los Angeles Times

He knows he’ll always be Urkel to fans of a certain age, but he’s happy when someone on the street recognizes him for something else, like his current gig hosting the CBS game show “Flip Side.”

From Los Angeles Times

And millennials, who have grown up Googling everything, often call him something else entirely.

From Los Angeles Times

“I always see them as just myself, but something else happened along the line, so it wasn’t a challenge to stay in character.”

From Los Angeles Times

If dying is easy and comedy is hard, making the years leading up to death humorous without making the people living through them into a joke takes . . . something else.

From Salon

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