cut above



cut above something

a measure or degree better than something else. Your shirt is beautiful, but mine is a cut above yours.
See also: above, cut

cut above

Someone or something that is superior to examples of a similar nature, as in This book is a cut above his previous one. This idiom uses cut in the sense of "a higher degree or stage." [Early 1800s]
See also: above, cut

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
LacyLAY-seeEnglish
GraziaGRAHT-syahItalian
Neofytos-Greek
SloaneSLONEnglish (Rare)
Geneva[dʒi'ni:və]
StarlaSTAHR-ləEnglish