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
Lacy	LAY-see	English
Grazia	GRAHT-syah	Italian
Neofytos	-	Greek
Sloane	SLON	English (Rare)
Geneva	[dʒi'ni:və]
Starla	STAHR-lə	English