notch below
(redirected from a notch below)notch below
Not as good as something else in the same category. Joanne is a good author, but her books are a notch below best-sellers in the same genre.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
notch below (someone or something)
Fig. a little lower in quality than someone or something. I believe that this wine is a notch below the one we had with the fish.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.