be a world away

be a world away

To be very different from something else. This new school is a world away from the old one I taught at. For one, the kids actually listen!

See also: away, world

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be ˈworlds/a world away (from something)

be very different (from something): Life in the country today is worlds away from how it was a hundred years ago.

See also: away, world

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