Idiom: in the same league
Meaning
Idiom: in the same league (with/as someone or something)
- having the same abilities, qualities or achievements as someone or something else
Example sentences
— My girlfriend is really beautiful but she’s not in the same league as a supermodel.
— After I get my bonus, I’ll be earning in the same league as my parents.
— Now that I've got a personal trainer, I'm in the same league as the varsity basket ball players.
— I'm pretending to be in the same league as my colleagues but I'm just leasing this Mercedes and renting a luxury condo.
— After we were featured on CNN, our company was in the same league as the Fortune 500 companies.
— Sorry, but my mother-in-law's cooking is not in the same league as my mother's.
— After she married the prince, she was in the same league with European royalty, which made her isolated and unhappy.
— I hope one day my paintings will be in the same league as the great impressionists.
— Unfortunately, singers these days are not in the same league as the previous greats like Aretha Franklin, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra.
— When I'm in the same league as Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, I'm going to give most of my earnings to charity.
Synonyms
- measure up
- be on par with
- cut the mustard
- fit in with
- hold a candle to
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