cut above

cut above something

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

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]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hilaria	[hi'lɛəriə]
Hackett	['hækit]
Fabiana	fah-BYAH-nah (Italian)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Ira (2)	-	Russian
Cyriaca	-	Late Roman
Karpos	-	Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek