be streets ahead
be streets ahead
To be superior by a large margin. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Based on the boss's praise, it sounds like I'm streets ahead of everyone else in the department. My sister's such a talented artist that her work is just streets ahead of the other entries in the competition.
See also: ahead, street
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
be ˈstreets ahead (of somebody/something)
(British English, informal) be very much better (than somebody/something): Japan is streets ahead of us in computer technology.See also: ahead, street
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- damn and blast
- come to/reach somebody's ears
- firing line, on the
- in the firing line
- on the firing line
- come to (one's) ears
- reach (one's) ears
- get the worst of it