sight better

a (damn) sight better

Quite a lot better (than a different person, thing, or condition). "Damn" is used to emphasize how much better someone or something is. The car should run a damn sight better now that you have the tires aligned properly. So far our new intern has been a sight better than our last one.
See also: better, sight
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

(damn) sight better

Rur. much better. Mary can sing a damn sight better than Tom can. You look a sight better with your hair cut short.
See also: better, sight
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • a (damn) sight better
  • a sight better, worse, etc.
  • be better placed
  • be well, ideally, better, etc. placed for something/to do something
  • ideally
  • give (someone or something) best
  • give someone or something best
  • make a better door than a window
  • better half, my
  • all the better
References in classic literature
I reckon that's a considerble sight better 'n killin' of him.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
"O'Toole or McCarthy would suit your mug a damn sight better. Unless, very likely, there's an Irishman in your mother's woodpile."
The Sea Wolf
Jolly sight better than I expected, though I liked your looks from the first.'
Chance
And the Warriors winger admits being 'second class' is on their mind - which is a damn sight better than they were three months ago!
Joe Burgess is aiming for big finish from Wigan Warriors
Indicating the SNP MPs, Mrs May said: "Either of the candidates for this high office would do a darn sight better job than anybody sitting on any of those benches."
Blackford brands candidates UK's most incompetent ministers ever; SNP
"We walked with him to our next hot spot, fed him some hot food and soon had him on his way with new dry clothes, shoes, blanket, plenty of snacks and food and feeling a damn sight better than when we met him."
Homeless heroes 'ordered to leave station' as they helped man on brink of hypothermia
We've got to win some games and be a damn sight better than we were at Spennymoor," said the boss.
Moors' Trophy KO will be 'wake-up call', vows Yates
My wife was a WAAF and when she saw the accommodation in Germany she said, 'It was a damn sight better than what I had'." The couple, who had no children, were married for 63 years until Hazel's death in 2013.
Last Great Escape hero: I was one of lucky ones ...only three got home; POW is 100 after Nazis rumbled breakout
Second-top looks a darned sight better than second-bottom after two opening defeats shocked everyone rigid!
Magpies setting up Great North Run to the top
Of course, there are many strong arguments for going it alone, but history shows that we're a damned sight better doing it together.
History shows we're better off together
He added: "I have to say I've talked to every player in there and they all know they have to do a damn sight better than they did last season - everybody.
Mac:We all wanted captain Colo to stay; Mac: Time for squad to perform
Radiotherapy, colostomy bag, tumour removal, ilesotomy bag, chemotherapy and 6 months recovery - a damn sight better to get the test and get cleared.
TWEETS & POSTS
"Missing the penalty possibly affected our belief and confidence for the next 15 or 20 minutes, when I think it was their (West Ham's) best spell - because 2-0 is a damn sight better than 1-0.
Survival still a long shot, says Pearson; LEICESTER 2 WEST HAM 1
Having spent more than 40 years working in the Welsh NHS with the final nine years as a Director at board level, I freely admit that it is not perfect but it's a dam sight better than private health care.
Tories will privatise most of our NHS
When I asked why, in those days before optical sights on .22 target pistols, I always got the same answer: "When my eyes got older, I could see the front sight better with a shorter sight radius."
The long and the short of it