break the mold

From the use of molds to make multiple replicas of solid objects using moldable materials.

• "A man has to be what he is, Joey. Can't break the mould. I tried it and it didn't work for me."
• "President Bush joined in; his 1991 education message called for new kinds of schools, ones that "broke the mold"."
• "Middle-aged and scarred, a Mexican journalist is breaking the mold of social media influencers with a message of pure positivity that resonates in dark times."
• "When they made that one, they broke the mold."
• "When God made her, He broke the mold."
• "When they made him, they broke the mold. lt was a cliche that had been spoken about any number of men, for any number of different reasons."

• old school
• they don't make them like that anymore