Meanings
- idiomaticSomething entirely different; a whole other thing or matter.
When I got out of law school, I was a different breed of cat. I was ready to make something of myself because people believed in me, and those people had Arizona connections.
2014, Anthony Gimino, Steve Rivera, 100 Things Arizona Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die1 more example
[…] I think it is fair to say that they come in two categories: the mass circulation magazines like Reader's Digest, Saturday Evening Post, Look and Life; and the news magazines, which are a different breed of cat.
1958, Agricultural Research Institute, Proceedings, Seventh Annual MeetingSynonyms: tiger of a different stripe
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomething entirely different; a whole other thing or matter.
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different breed of cat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/different%20breed%20of%20cat
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