not your daddy's

not your daddy's

Very modern or updated; no longer what an older generation would expect or be used to. With every building now featuring wireless Internet and touch-screen monitors integrated into the desks in each classroom, this is certainly not your daddy's high school anymore.
See also: not
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • not your dad's
  • not your father's
  • be in touch with (something)
  • be in touch with (someone)
  • in touch with
  • in touch with (someone or something)
  • in touch, be
  • be in touch
  • be, etc. in/out of touch
  • be, keep, etc. in touch
References in periodicals archive
"Not Your Daddy's Grass" - Bluegrass and old time music festival featuring Jackstraw, the Flat Mountain Girls, Zak Borden and the Lizzies, Whiskey Puppy and Sid and Fancy, 4 p.m.
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Those who engineered this counter-revolution in year 223 of our Constitution are not your daddy's Democratic Party - unless your daddy was Karl Marx.
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Petersburg city tour; and Splitsville--"It's Not your Daddy's Bowling Alley."
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Salinger docu "Salinger" to "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom." "This is not your daddy's HBO version of Mandela," Weinstein said.
No Clooney, but Kidman helps Harvey Tout TWC slate