Caroline Tran
2021-03-25 10:03
Head and shoulders above American spoken language adjective phrase informal
To be much better than someone or something
Stacy's ability is head and shoulders above everyone else’s in this class.
Peter was head and shoulders above the other candidates.
I found Tom head and shoulders above the rest.
To the extreme level; or to process something as far as possible.
Superior to someone or something else.
Used to indicate the fair in benefits, especially after a loan has been paid off.
1. Used to say that someone or something is much taller than someone or something else
2. Used to say that someone or something is far better than someone or something else
Used to indicate low-class.
This idiom appeared in the 1864 edition of Noah Webster’s American Dictionary. However, it was used in a different sense earlier which is the forceful pushing ahead of something or someone. “Any, whom necessity thrusts out by head and shoulders,” wrote Nathaniel Ward (The Simple Cobbler of Agawam in America, 1647).
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