See couldn't be more different on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "An ironic phrase meaning how something is completely different to another entity.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "couldn't have been more different",
"tags": [
"past",
"perfect"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "phrase",
"3": "past perfect",
"4": "couldn't have been more different"
},
"expansion": "couldn't be more different (past perfect couldn't have been more different)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English negative polarity items",
"parents": [
"Negative polarity items",
"Terms by semantic function"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
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},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Japan couldn't be more different than the United States.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Two entities that have virtually nothing in common."
],
"id": "en-couldn't_be_more_different-en-phrase-Y8jQKeXn",
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) Two entities that have virtually nothing in common."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"word": "couldn't be more different"
}
{
"etymology_text": "An ironic phrase meaning how something is completely different to another entity.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "couldn't have been more different",
"tags": [
"past",
"perfect"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "phrase",
"3": "past perfect",
"4": "couldn't have been more different"
},
"expansion": "couldn't be more different (past perfect couldn't have been more different)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English idioms",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English negative polarity items",
"English phrases",
"English terms with usage examples",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Japan couldn't be more different than the United States.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Two entities that have virtually nothing in common."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) Two entities that have virtually nothing in common."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"word": "couldn't be more different"
}
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