a damn sight better
2
8.8
- idiom
- NSFW
:
mucho mejor
- He would do a damn sight better job than his mother or than he himself had done with Leslie.
- do a damn sight better
Examples
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The point is white is not necessarily supreme, but it's a damn sight better than gold.
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Warm, it's welcoming... it smells nice, it's a damn sight better than this arsing place.
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I bet you do a damn sight better than okay.
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I must say, you look a damn sight better out of uniform.
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It may not be a perfect answer, but it's a damn sight better than what we get today.
Blog text (16) -
I'm not claiming she'll be the next great liberal lion of the Supreme Court, but she's a damn sight better than people with their own agendas are making her out to be.
Blog text (7) -
It's a damn sight better than in other countries where you are considered guilty before proven innocent... i.e., where they punish you on the slightest suspicion of "wrongdoing."
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If she can find love and a rich, new life in Hawaii, it's a damn sight better than she's doing here in walpole, wasting away over a sailor who's long since forgotten her.
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You should write a book; it'd be a damn sight better than that woman's tragic excuse for a novel—all romance and no brains.
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Seems to me running is a damn sight better than just standing around.
Synonyms
156
2.5
Shows that something is much better or more important than others
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1.0
More suitable or healthy than something else
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3.7
By a lot more than others
A lot better than something else
Antonyms
How Good
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward composition: 'damn' functions as an intensifier, 'a sight' (informal) means 'a large amount', and 'better' is the comparative. Together they yield 'much better by a considerable amount', so a B1 learner who knows these constituent meanings can derive the overall sense despite the colloquial register.
Etymology
A damn sight better comes from using damn as a strong word and sight in an older meaning of 'a large amount'. The picture is of something clearly far ahead or much better, so the phrase means 'much better'.