| 词源 |
not in the same league with. Not nearly comparable with, nowhere near as good as someone or something else. This American expression comes from baseball, in which someone in the major leagues is generally a far better player than some- one in the minor leagues. The British use the phrase not in the same street with to mean the same thing. Said San Francisco Giant’s first baseman J. T. Snow recently (4/3/02) of his team- mate home run king Barry Bonds: “The guy’s in another league. . . . I think the rest of us feel like we’re Little Leagu- ers. . . . He does things others can’t do.” |