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

Are you going to find the right person to do something else?

From BBC

They don’t just mingle when mixed—their molecules rearrange into something else.

From National Geographic Kids

But his victory was also something else: a popular revulsion toward elites, a repudiation of government, a vote to smash all institutions.

From Salon

“First he says one thing, then he says something else,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

He was thinking of something else — or, rather, someone else.

From Los Angeles Times

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