nother

Related to nother: Noether

a whole nother story

informal Used to emphasize the difference between two things being discussed. A: "OK, so that's what happened last night. What happened with Jack?" B: "Oh geez, that's a whole nother story!" My back is feeling better, but my head is a whole nother story.
See also: nother, story, whole

whole other thing

Something very different to, and often more difficult or complicated than, something else. Often spoken or written more colloquially as "whole 'nother thing." I don't know what you think you know from working in television, but working on a film is a whole other thing! It's one thing to babysit your friends' kids from time to time, but having your own children is a whole 'nother thing.
See also: other, thing, whole
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

whole nother thing

Rur. a completely different matter. (Often "corrected" to a whole other thing. The word nother is a shortening of another.) Borrowing! That's a whole nother thing! I thought you said stealing!
See also: nother, thing, whole
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • a whole nother story
  • happen by
  • happen on
  • happening
  • happen (up)on (someone or something)
  • happen along
  • boom goes the dynamite
  • dynamite
  • a night to remember
  • (as) pissed as a newt
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Whole 'Nother Deal, by Don Chaffer & Waterdeep.
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