That beats everything!

That beats everything!
If that don't beat all! & That beats everything! & Don't that (just) beat all!
Rur. That surpasses everything!; That is amazing!; That takes the cake! (The grammar error,

that don't

is built into this catchphrase.) •

Tom: The mayor is kicking the baseball team out of the city. Bill: If that don't beat all!

John: Now, here's a funny thing. South America used to be attached to Africa. Fred: That beats everything! John: Yeah.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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