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head and shoulders above

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head and shoulders above someone or something
Fig. clearly superior to someone or something. (Often with stand, as in the example.) This wine is head and shoulders above that one. John stands head and shoulders above Bob.
See also: above, and, head, shoulder

head and shoulders above somebody/something
much better than other similar people or things Chicago's basketball team may be the oldest, but it is still head and shoulders above the rest of the league.
See also: above, and, head, shoulder


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Presently Eric saw where Little John stood among the others, a head and shoulders above them all, and he called to him loudly, "Halloa, thou long-legged fellow in scarlet
We swept through the prettiest little curving arms of the lake, among these colossal green walls, enjoying new delights, always, as the stately panorama unfolded itself before us and rerolled and hid itself behind us; and now and then we had the thrilling surprise of bursting suddenly upon a tremendous white mass like the distant and dominating Jungfrau, or some kindred giant, looming head and shoulders above a tumbled waste of lesser Alps.
The hook had caught him under the right armpit, and he swayed, erect and horrible, head and shoulders above water.
 
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