not anything like as good

not anything like as good
not anything like as good, much, etc. idiom
used to emphasize that sth is not as good, not enough, etc.

The book wasn't anything like as good as her first one.

Main entry:anythingidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • anything — an|y|thing [ eni,θıŋ ] pronoun *** 1. ) usually in negatives or questions used instead of something when saying or asking whether there is one thing or even a small amount of something: Do you know anything about baseball? He never does anything… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • anything */*/*/ — UK [ˈenɪˌθɪŋ] / US pronoun 1) [usually in negatives or questions] used instead of something when saying or asking whether there is one thing or even a small amount of something Do you know anything about cricket? He never does anything to help.… …   English dictionary

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  • like — 1 /laIk/ preposition 1 similar in some way to something else: My mother has a car like yours. | He crawled out of the hut on his belly, like a snake. | very like: He s very like his brother. | look/sound/feel/taste/seem like: The building looked… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Good and evil — In religion, ethics, and philosophy, the phrase, good and evil refers to the location of objects, desires, and behaviors on a two way spectrum, with one direction being morally positive ( good ), and the other morally negative ( evil ). Good is a …   Wikipedia

  • like — like1 [ laık ] function word *** Like can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): He looks like his father. as a conjunction (connecting two clauses): She looked like she was about to cry. as an adverb: I said, like …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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