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a whole new ball game

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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