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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As usual, this led to the opposite extreme: the expectation of a quick return to normal life.
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Judith Martin, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025
Under the Biden administration, NOAA has benefited from investments in its cloud and supercomputing facilities, boosts to coastal resilience spending and other extreme weather and climate adaptation and forecasting work.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
Such gene editing might remove undesirable traits or adapt humans to conditions hitherto unachievable by natural means, such as being able to breathe underwater or survive unaided in other extreme conditions, Gee writes.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
But tomorrow’s catastrophe could be any number of other extreme disasters across the map.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
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Judith Martin, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025
Under the Biden administration, NOAA has benefited from investments in its cloud and supercomputing facilities, boosts to coastal resilience spending and other extreme weather and climate adaptation and forecasting work.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
Such gene editing might remove undesirable traits or adapt humans to conditions hitherto unachievable by natural means, such as being able to breathe underwater or survive unaided in other extreme conditions, Gee writes.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
But tomorrow’s catastrophe could be any number of other extreme disasters across the map.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Opposite/other extreme.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opposite%2Fother%20extreme. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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