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Meantolearn Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

To be a cut above something


to be a cut above something

to be much better than someone else or something else
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e.g. She thinks she's a cut above everyone else.

Can anyone explain this idiom? Why does it have such a meaning?

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Top answer

I suspect that it refers to the varying quality of cuts of meat.

— Mister Micawber

  • I suspect that it refers to the varying quality of cuts of meat.
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I suspect that it refers to the varying quality of cuts of meat.
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Hi, MrM.

I appriciate your answer even though it needs more evidence.

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