couldn't be more different

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English

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Etymology

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An ironic phrase meaning how something is completely different to another entity.

Phrase

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couldn't be more different (past perfect couldn't have been more different)

  1. (idiomatic) Two entities that have virtually nothing in common.
    Japan couldn't be more different than the United States.