1. Home
2. Idioms
3. above

above

---

---

above (doing) something

[of someone] too mature or honorable to do something. I thought you were above doing something so thoughtless.

above someone

at a higher rank than someone else; serving as someone's supervisor. Ron is above Ginney, but he treats her like an equal.

above someone or something

to be in a position that is higher than someone or something. The plane is now directly above us.

above

/beyond reproach

So good as to preclude any possibility of criticism.

See:

• a cut above
• a cut above average
• a cut above the rest
• above
• above (one's) bend
• above (one's) head
• above (one's) huckleberry
• above (one's) pay grade
• above (one's) paycheck
• above all
• above all (else)
• above and beyond
• above and beyond the call of duty
• above average
• above bend
• above board
• above par
• above reproach
• above suspicion
• above the curve
• above the fray
• above the law
• above the salt
• above water
• all of the above
• be a cut above
• be a huckleberry above (one's) persimmon
• be a huckleberry above a persimmon
• be above board
• below the salt
• Caesar's wife must be above suspicion
• cut above
• get above
• get head above water and have head above water
• go above
• go above and beyond
• go above and beyond duty
• head above water, keep one's
• head and shoulders above
• head and shoulders above [the others rest etc.]
• hit above (one's) weight
• huckleberry above (one's) persimmon
• huckleberry above a persimmon
• keep head above water
• keep one's head
• live above
• marry above (one's) station
• marry above oneself
• none of the above
• notch above
• over and above
• place above
• prize above
• punch above (one's) weight
• put above
• put head above the parapet
• rank above
• rate above
• rise above
• set above
• stand head and shoulders above
• tower above
• tower head and shoulders above
• value above