Meanings
- A radically different interpretation of a situation.
Oh, I daresay! Mr Adair and Mr Allardyce, who know you, could tell quite another story, I suspect.
1872 June 22, “A Woman’s Vengence”, in Chambers's Journal, volume 49, number 443, page 3972 more examples
Farmer Foster's averted face — his wife's slow-dropping tears — Peggy's uplifted hands and pitiful, shocked look, told quite another story.
1870, Lady Augusta Noel, The Story of Wandering Willie, page 38Then I saw another story that it was prohibitively expensive for us. I saw another story that we were going to have a modification of the MIG 21 engine, and another story that that was found completely unsuitable
1964, Lok Sabha Debates - Volume 28, Issues 31-40, page 6783 - A different situation entirely.
Of course, if the Redskins draft you to play for them, then that's another story.
1999, Wayne G. MacDowell, Anthony Rocco Guarino, Bobbi Janson, Not Just Another Love Story, page 3231 more example
All of which throws into question the whole nature of identity and how we define ourselves. But that's another story.
2008, Padraig O'Morain, That's Men: The Best of "That's Men" Column from the Irish Times, page 115
Translations
Polish inna bajka
- inna bajkaa different situation entirely
Swedish en annan femma
- en annan femmaa different situation entirely
Cite this entry
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