IN THE SAME LEAGUE Definition & Meaning

in the same league

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Idioms and Phrases

On the same level of skill, in the same class, as in As a woodworker, Bill wishes he were in the same league as Carl, who is a master carpenter . This metaphoric expression alludes to the leagues of baseball clubs, categorized as major or minor. It is often put negatively as not in the same league , as in This restaurant is not in the same league as the French café across the street . [Early 1900s]

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Lying about expenses on a personal tax return, or drug use on a permit for a gun that was never used, isn’t in the same league as Trump inciting a violent mob to attack the U.S. capital.

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It’s similar to football, where teams in the same league could face off in the opening round.

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And the California GOP isn’t in the same league with Democrats in this blue state.

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In the end, she was very well supported by the club and would have been in a different position to some other managers in the same league, who are now at the place she was 12 years ago.

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And this raises the questions: how helpful is a label that puts chocolate bars in the same league as tofu?

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