单词 | a different story |
释义 | > as lemmasa different (also another) story a. a different (also another) story and variants: a different situation or state of affairs; a different matter altogether. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [phrase] > a different matter or state of affairs a horse of another (also the same, etc.) colour1530 a different (also another) story1688 something else1844 another pair of shoes1861 a different or another kettle of fish1937 a different cup of tea1940 the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [phrase] > a matter requiring different treatment a different (also another) story1818 1688 R. L'Estrange Brief Hist. Times III. 40 He is Now got into Clear Another story. 1696 Let. Humbly Offer'd 30 A quite different Story to what our last 7 Months has brought us to. 1765 I. Bickerstaff Maid of Mill ii. iv. 34 But the parson comes in sight, Gives the word to bill and coo; 'Tis a different story quite, and she quickly buckles too. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 308 But if she's gaun to look after the kye at St Leonard's, that's another story. 1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies i. 78 If the scientific man comes for a bone or a crust to us, that is another story. 1940 A. Christie Sad Cypress ii. iii. 128 As a matter of fact, it was Nurse O'Brien who set me on the track; but that's another story. 1958 ‘J. Castle’ & A. Hailey Flight into Danger i. 20 The met report was reasonable... In a month or so's time it'll be a very different story. 2010 P. Murray Skippy Dies 293 Some bruises you wear like badges of honour... A bruise inflicted by someone else, however, is a whole other story. < as lemmas |
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