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
Hameed-Arabic
Elisavetel-ee-SAH-vetGreek
DilŞAd-Kurdish
Alba (2)-Ancient Roman
AlfredAL-frəd (English), al-FRED (French), AHL-fret (German, Polish), AHL-frət (Dutch)English, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish, Dutch
Lucianaloo-CHAH-nah (Italian), loo-THYAH-nah (Spanish), loo-SYAH-nah (Latin American Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman