a cut above

:  to penetrate with or as if with an edged instrument

:  to hurt the feelings of

:  to strike sharply with a cutting effect

:  a product of cutting: such as

:  an opening made with an edged instrument

:  a wound made by something sharp :  gash

:  marked by a well-developed and highly defined musculature

:  in the sky :  overhead

:  in or to heaven

:  in or to a higher place

:  in or to a higher place than :  over

:  upriver of

:  superior to (as in rank, quality, or degree)

:  something that is above

:  a person whose name is written above

:  a higher authority

:  written or discussed higher on the same page or on a preceding page