VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

A Cut Above

Meaning:

Slightly better than

Examples:

  • Put it this way, if your business is called A Cut Above, Fringe Benefits or Hair Apparent, this has long been the choice of car for you.
  • You get to live a cut above the others.
  • A cut above the rest. We welcome fresh ideas and inventive solutions.
  • He seemed a cut above the others.
  • That is a cut above a bullet in the back, you got to admit.
  • For gambling enthusiasts, four casinos—soon to be five—are a cut above the rest.
  • A cut above the rest!
  • Wrinkle resistance makes this shirt a cut above the competition so you and your staff can be, too.
  • A winter adventure that is a cut above the ordinary, with skiing in all directions, a magnificent view, a snow guarantee and masses of activities for the whole family.
  • The slickly choreographed presentation was directed by Thomas Eibner, and was certainly a cut above the average beauty pageant in terms of production values.