a different ball of wax



a different ball of wax

something not at all similar Sports are very popular but the Olympics are a different ball of wax.
Related vocabulary: a (whole) new ballgame
See also: ball, different, of, wax

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
QuinlanKWIN-lənEnglish (Rare)
PreciousPRESH-əsEnglish (Modern)
LiesjeLEE-shəDutch
Beitris-Scottish
KincsŐ-Hungarian
Filimena-Macedonian