opposite/other extreme
idiom
—used to contrast something that is beyond what is normal or reasonable in one extreme with something else that is in an opposite amount or to an opposite degree beyond what is normal or reasonable
After spending lavishly for years, the company has now gone to the opposite/other extreme and has cut expenses drastically.
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At the other extreme, the three exercises that were most correlated with the rest of the tests were push-ups, standing long jump, and the Beep Test.
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Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2024
Often, depictions either glamourise these issues, or swing to the opposite extreme, focusing entirely on the doom and gloom of it all, while neglecting the human behind the struggle.
—Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 11 Jan. 2024
Sleep is also disturbed at the other extreme: being really hungry at bedtime.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 18 July 2024
The horror of conflict At the other extreme, Professor Leo H. Baekeland, president of the American Chemical Society, worried that futuristic weaponry could obliterate humanity in the blink of an eye.
—Mark J. Price, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
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Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2024
Often, depictions either glamourise these issues, or swing to the opposite extreme, focusing entirely on the doom and gloom of it all, while neglecting the human behind the struggle.
—Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 11 Jan. 2024
Sleep is also disturbed at the other extreme: being really hungry at bedtime.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 18 July 2024
The horror of conflict At the other extreme, Professor Leo H. Baekeland, president of the American Chemical Society, worried that futuristic weaponry could obliterate humanity in the blink of an eye.
—Mark J. Price, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
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“Opposite/other extreme.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opposite%2Fother%20extreme. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.
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