Definition
A case or situation that is different from another.
Origins
Perhaps from French chose (“thing, matter”).
In Context
- "“Shall colonists have their horses (and blood ’uns, if you please, good Lord!) and not my London gentleman? No, no. We’ll show ’em another pair of shoes than that, Pip; won’t us?”"
- "“He’s all there, if that’ll ease their mind. But where he is—that’s another pair of shoes.”"
- "Eckhardt was a very different pair of shoes from Gaál."
Also Said As
- kettle of fish
- ball game