worlds apart
idiom
: completely different
Your ideas and mine are worlds apart.
Their living conditions were worlds apart.
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That's worlds apart from what young folk experience now, however.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
What gives me the ick and what gives you the ick can be worlds apart.
—Brittany Luse, NPR, 2 Feb. 2025
Jackson and Emanuel may be worlds apart politically, but these hard-nosed operators relish a fight.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
Getting instructions on what to do and actually doing it are worlds apart.
—Doug Sundheim, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
What gives me the ick and what gives you the ick can be worlds apart.
—Brittany Luse, NPR, 2 Feb. 2025
Jackson and Emanuel may be worlds apart politically, but these hard-nosed operators relish a fight.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
Getting instructions on what to do and actually doing it are worlds apart.
—Doug Sundheim, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Worlds apart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worlds%20apart. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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