词汇 | difference |
释义 | IDIOMSLANG DIFFERENCE apples and oranges a pair of words representing two entities that are not similar. (Fixed order.)You can't talk about Fred and Ted in the same breath! They're apples and oranges.Talking about her current book and her previous best-seller is like comparing apples and oranges. (as) different as night and day Completely different.Although Bobby and Billy are twins, they are as different as night and day.Birds and bats appear to be similar, but they are different as night and day. be poles apart to be very different; to be far from coming to an agreement.Mr. and Mrs. Jones don't get along well. They are poles apart.They'll never sign the contract because they are poles apart. draw a line between something and something else 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. far cry from something a thing that is very different from something else. (Informal.)What you did was a far cry from what you said you were going to do.The song they played was a far cry from what I call music. have nothing to do with someone or something not to be related to or concerned with someone or something.Your wants and needs have nothing to do with my wants and needs.Waterloo? That has nothing to do with water! horse of another color and horse of a different color another matter altogether.I was talking about trees, not bushes. Bushes are a horse of another color.Gambling is not the same as investing in the stock market. It's a horse of a different color. march to a different drummer to believe in a different set of principles.John is marching to a different drummer, and he doesn't come to our parties anymore.Since Sally started marching to a different drummer, she has had a lot of great new ideas. something else (again) something entirely different. (Informal.)Borrowing is one thing, but stealing is something else.Skin diving is easy and fun, but scuba diving is something else again. difference noun 1 notice. Jocular; usually phrased as 'no-one took a blind bit of difference' UK, 2001. 2 any weapon used in a fight or crime US, 1950
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