a whole new ball game



a whole new ball game

  also a totally different ball game
a completely different situation, often one which is difficult or which you know very little about We'd done a lot of climbing in Scotland, but the Himalayas were a whole new ball game.
See also: ball, game, new, whole

a whole new ball game

n. a completely different situation; something completely different. Now that you’re here, it’s a whole new ball game.
See also: ball, game, new, whole

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Agape-Greek, Ancient Greek
BonifaceBAWN-ə-fays (English), BAWN-ə-fəs (English)French, English (Rare)
Zhong-Chinese
Imogene['imə.dʒi:n]
Antoninaahn-taw-NEE-nah (Polish), ahn-tah-NEE-nah (Russian)Italian, Polish, Russian, Ancient Roman
Rainier-French