like nothing on earth
like nothing on earth
1. Very unique or distinctive. I was very impressed with the inventive dress designs I saw on Fashion Week runways this year—they look like nothing on Earth.
2. Very disorganized and disheveled. Can you at least tuck in your shirt? You look like nothing on Earth right now.
3. Bizarre. I refuse to ride in a wacky contraption like that—it looks like nothing on Earth!
See also: earth, like, nothing, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
like nothing on earth
1. Fig. very untidy or very unattractive. Joan arrived at the office looking like nothing on earth. She had fallen in the mud. Alice was like nothing on earth in that electric yellow dress.
2. Fig. very unusual; very distinctive. The new car models look like nothing on earth this year. This cake is so good! It's like nothing on earth!
See also: earth, like, nothing, on
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
like nothing on earth
very strange. informal 1994 Mixmag Once in a blue moon, a record tumbles down from the vinyl mountain that sounds like nothing on earth and completely knocks you for six.
See also: earth, like, nothing, on
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
like nothing on ˈearth
very ill or unattractive: After two hours in that tiny boat I felt like nothing on earth. I hadn’t slept for 48 hours. I must have looked like nothing on earth.See also: earth, like, nothing, on
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
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