notch below



notch below

Not as good as something else in the same category. Joanne is a good author, but her books are a notch below best-sellers in the same genre.
See also: below, notch

notch below (someone or something)

Fig. a little lower in quality than someone or something. I believe that this wine is a notch below the one we had with the fish.
See also: below, notch

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Wetzel-German
Rebeccarə-BEK-ə (English), re-BEK-kah (Italian)English, Italian, Swedish, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Preben-Danish, Norwegian
Lord[lɔ:d]
MirtheMIR-təDutch
EliaE-lyah (Italian), AY-lee-ah (Dutch)Italian, Dutch