not nearly so good
1not half as good as — not half as good/bad/much/etc as phrase used for emphasizing that one person or thing is not nearly as good bad etc as another I never thought that Chaplin was half as funny as Buster Keaton. Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing how good or bad… …
2not half — (slang) 1. Not moderately 2. Not even half 3. Not at all 4. Very much, exceedingly • • • Main Entry: ↑half * * * not half british spoken phrase used for emphas …
3not half as bad as — not half as good/bad/much/etc as phrase used for emphasizing that one person or thing is not nearly as good bad etc as another I never thought that Chaplin was half as funny as Buster Keaton. Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing how good or bad… …
4not half as much as — not half as good/bad/much/etc as phrase used for emphasizing that one person or thing is not nearly as good bad etc as another I never thought that Chaplin was half as funny as Buster Keaton. Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing how good or bad… …
5not in the same league — (not) in the same league not nearly as good as something or someone else. My four year old computer s just not in the same league as the latest machines with their super fast processors. (often + as) …
6nearly — near|ly W1S1 [ˈnıəli US ˈnırli] adv 1.) especially BrE almost, but not quite or not completely = ↑almost ▪ It took nearly two hours to get here. ▪ Michelle s nearly twenty. ▪ Is the job nearly finished? ▪ Louise is nearly as tall as her mother. ▪ …
7nearly — adverb Date: 1561 1. in a close manner or relationship < nearly related > 2. a. almost but not quite < nearly identical > < nearly a year later > b. to the least extent < not nearly as good as we expected > …
8not a patch on — preposition Not nearly as good as: much worse than. The new model is not a patch on the original version …
9not a patch on — If something or someone is not a patch on an other, they are not nearly as good. His second conference wasn t a patch on the first one …
10not all somebody's cracked up to be — not all, everything, etc. sb s cracked ˈup to be idiom (informal) not as good as people say • He s not nearly such a good writer as he s cracked up to be. Main entry: ↑crackidiom …
