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worlds apart

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*worlds apart

Fig. greatly separated by differing attitudes, needs, opinions, or temperaments. (*Typically: be ~; grow ~; live ~; think ~.) They are worlds apart. I can't imagine how they ever decided to get married.

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worlds apart

completely different The most expensive entertainment system and what most of us have are worlds apart and can't be compared. The two women were single mothers but in every other respect were worlds apart.

See also: apart, world