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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
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Nothing like

Sir,


There is nothing like a ghost.

What is meaning of "nothing like".


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not any thing which is similar to = nothing like There does not exist any thing which is [similar to / like] a ghost. There is no thing which is similar to a ghost. "there's nothing like" is also used idiomatically to mean "there does not exist any thing which is as [good / effective] as".

  • not any thing which is similar to = nothing like There does not exist any thing which is [similar to / like] a ghost.
  • There is no thing which is similar to a ghost.
  • "there's nothing like" is also used idiomatically to mean "there does not exist any thing which is as [good / effective] as".
  • An infinitive structure often follows, like this: There's nothing like a cup of coffee to wake you up in the morning.
  • There's nothing like being praised to make you feel good.
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not any thing which is similar to = nothing like

There does not exist any thing which is [similar to / like] a ghost.
There is no thing which is similar to a ghost.

"there's nothing like" is also used idiomatically to mean "there does not exist any thing which is as [good / effective] as". An infinitive structure often follows, like this:

There's nothing like a

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