poles apart

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poles apart

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idiomatic, not comparable Totally opposite. She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.
Similar: worlds apart

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adj totally opposite

Español	polos opuestos
中文	完全相反 wánquán xiāngfǎn, 天壤之別 /天壤之别 tiānrǎngzhībié, 截然不同 jiéránbùtóng, 大相徑庭 /大相径庭 dàxiāngjìngtíng

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@misc{poles_apart_2026,
  title = {poles apart},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/poles%20apart},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}