as opposed to (something)

in comparison with something.

We should be stopping terrorists from operating, as opposed to chasing them after they've attacked.

I like pro basketball, as opposed to the college game.

• the shoe is on the other foot
• the show must go on.
• the silent majority
• the silly season
• the silver screen
• the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question
• the sky's the limit
• the sky's the limit.
• the slings and arrows
• the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
• the small hours
• the small print
• the smart money
• the smoke
• the socks off
• the socks off someone
• the soft sell
• the something of dreams
• the something of your dreams
• the spectre at the feast
• the spirit moves
• the spirit moves you
• the staff of life
• the stage is set for
• the stage is set for something