different breed of cat
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[edit]Noun
[edit]- Something entirely different; a whole other thing or matter.
- Synonym: tiger of a different stripe
- 1958, Agricultural Research Institute, Proceedings, Seventh Annual Meeting:
- […] I think it is fair to say that they come in two categories: the mass circulation magazines like Reader's Digest, Saturday Evening Post, Look and Life; and the news magazines, which are a different breed of cat.
- 2014, Anthony Gimino, Steve Rivera, 100 Things Arizona Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die:
- When I got out of law school, I was a different breed of cat. I was ready to make something of myself because people believed in me, and those people had Arizona connections.