poles apart

poles apart
*poles apart
very different; far from coming to an agreement. (Alludes to the distance between the north and south poles. *Typically: be \poles apart; become \poles apart; grow \poles apart.) •

Mr. and Mrs. Jones don't get along well. They are poles apart.

They'll never sign the contract because they are poles apart.

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{adj.} Completely different. * /The two brothers were poles apart in personality./ * / It was hard for the members to make any decisions because their ideas were poles apart./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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