no comparison

English

Interjection

no comparison

  1. An assertion that two things proposed to be compared are not alike, usually indicating that one is substantially superior to the other.
    • 1908, Arthur Giles, M.D., "A Clinical Lecture on the After-Results of the Surgical Treatment of Uterine Displacements", The Medical Press and Circular, Vol. 136, p. 549:
      “I'm twice the woman I was” ; “very different to what I have ever been for years before the operation”; “better—no comparison.”
    • 1989, James Kaplan, Pearl's Progress, p. 184:
      He swallowed and shook his head. “No comparison.”
    • 2006, Bret M. Funk, Beacons of Tomorrow, p. 50:
      Asquith nodded, and Timbre dismissed it with a wave of his hand. “No comparison. I've seen the sunrises at The Site bring many a cynical old bastard to his knees in tears.”
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