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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Sleep is also disturbed at the other extreme: being really hungry at bedtime.
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Matt Fuchs, TIME, 18 July 2024
The horror of conflict At the other extreme, Professor Leo H. Baekeland, president of the American Chemical Society, worried that futuristic weaponry could obliterate humanity in the blink of an eye.
—Mark J. Price, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
Kentucky has been ravaged by deadly floods and other extreme weather disasters, but in his speeches, Beshear rarely mentions the impact of climate change in his coal-rich state, whose conservative voters have little love for Biden’s aggressive actions to reduce carbon emissions.
—Brady Dennis, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
Mark Spitznagel, cofounder and chief investment officer of the hedge fund Universa Investments, has frequently sounded the alarm about bubbles popping and other extreme market events.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 July 2024
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Matt Fuchs, TIME, 18 July 2024
The horror of conflict At the other extreme, Professor Leo H. Baekeland, president of the American Chemical Society, worried that futuristic weaponry could obliterate humanity in the blink of an eye.
—Mark J. Price, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
Kentucky has been ravaged by deadly floods and other extreme weather disasters, but in his speeches, Beshear rarely mentions the impact of climate change in his coal-rich state, whose conservative voters have little love for Biden’s aggressive actions to reduce carbon emissions.
—Brady Dennis, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
Mark Spitznagel, cofounder and chief investment officer of the hedge fund Universa Investments, has frequently sounded the alarm about bubbles popping and other extreme market events.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 July 2024
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