agli antipodi

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “at the antipodes”.

Prepositional phrase

agli antipodi

1. poles apart, diametrically opposed
   • 2020, Barack Obama, “Prefazione [Preface]”, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

     Eravamo entrambi prosciugati, sia sotto il profilo fisico sia sotto quello emotivo, non soltanto per le fatiche degli ultimi otto anni ma anche per gli esiti inattesi di un'elezione in cui, come mio successore, era stato scelto un leader politico agli antipodi rispetto a tutto ciò per cui ci eravamo battuti.

     Both of us were drained, physically and emotionally, not only by the labors of the previous eight years but by the unexpected results of an election in which someone diametrically opposed to everything we stood for had been chosen as my successor.

     (literally, “We were both drained, both under a physical and emotional profile, not only because of the labors of the last eight years but also due to the unexpected results of an election in which a political leader diametrically opposed to everything we fought for had been chosen as my successor.”)