head and shoulders above (+gen.); by head and shoulders above; well above and beyond (Ivan Pisarev); far beyond (Ivan Pisarev); well surpassing (Ivan Pisarev); far exceeding (Ivan Pisarev); significantly more than (Ivan Pisarev); over and above (Ivan Pisarev); greatly exceeding (Ivan Pisarev); much more than (Ivan Pisarev); way beyond (Ivan Pisarev); well outside (Ivan Pisarev); over the top (Ivan Pisarev); leaps and bounds above (Ivan Pisarev); substantially surpassing (Ivan Pisarev); by far (Ivan Pisarev); clearly surpassing (Ivan Pisarev); ahead by miles (Ivan Pisarev); to a much greater extent (Ivan Pisarev); outstripping (Ivan Pisarev)

amer.

a cut above (someone/something Bullfinch)

augm.

by a mile (Obi-Wan Kenobi beats Anakin Skywalker by a mile.It's still my favorite book by a mile. It will be the best stadium in Ohio, by a mile. geraltik); by miles (Obi-Wan Kenobi beats Anakin Skywalker by a mile.It's still my favorite book by a mile. It will be the best stadium in Ohio, by a mile. geraltik)

fig.

be head and shoulders above (someone – кого-либо)

Makarov.

taller by a head; a head taller; head taller

Apple на голову выше Windows.

gen.

Apple runs circles around Windows. (Alexey Lebedev)

на голову выше

: 40 phrases in 7 subjects

American usage, not spelling	1
Chess	1
Figurative	1
General	24
Idiomatic	2
Makarov	10
Proverb	1

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