Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “a class apart“ and it is a phrase meaning is “very much better than others of a same type; top-notch, top-level, excellent, outstanding, brilliant.
Example Sentence: As a former international diplomat, public intellectual and a best-selling author, Mr. (Shashi) Tharoor is also a non-conformist who had several run-ins with former KPCC presidents. This trait (characteristic/quality) in him perhaps provokes sneers (scornful smile) in traditional Congressmen but for the aspirational middle class, a constituency the Congress can ignore only at its peril. Mr. Tharoor is definitely perceived to be a class apart. But to get elected as the AICC president, only the votes of these Congressmen count.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Congress and the Tharoor factor and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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