worlds apart

Anglais

Étymologie

Composé de worlds (« mondes ») et de apart (« séparé »).

Locution adjectivale

worlds apart \ˈwɝldz ə.ˌpɑɹt\ (États-Unis), \ˈwɜːldz ə.ˌpɑːt\ (Royaume-Uni)

1. (Sens figuré) Extrêmement différent. Aux antipodes.
   • Surely they are deceived when they look forward with equal confidence to things which are worlds apart, the joys of idleness and the rewards of merit. — (Salluste, The War with Jugurtha, traduit par John C. Rolfe, 1921)
   • Curious and remote he was, saying nothing except what had to be said. And she, for her part, was as remote from him. They seemed far, far apart, worlds apart, now they were so near. — (D. H. Lawrence, The Princess, 1925)

Prononciation

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