stand head and shoulders above



stand head and shoulders above someone or something

Fig. [for someone or something] to be considerably superior to someone or something. Alice stands head and shoulders above all the rest of the people we interviewed. Your proposal stands head and shoulders above the rest.
See also: above, and, head, shoulder, stand

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ottaviano-Italian
AdriaAYD-ree-əEnglish
Vedrana-Croatian, Serbian
MaŠA-Slovene, Croatian
Queenie['kwi:ni]
AgnÈSan-YES (French) French, Catalan