"better than sex" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-au-better than sex.ogg
Head templates: {{en-adjective|+}} better than sex (comparative form only)
  1. (idiomatic, simile) Superlative; wonderful. Tags: comparative-only, idiomatic
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          "ref": "1995 August 21, Robert Metcalfe, “Microsoft and Netscape open some new fronts in escalating Web Wars”, in InfoWorld, volume 17, number 34, page 35:",
          "text": "In the second generation, Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina developed NCSA Mosaic at the University of Illinois. Several million then suddenly noticed that the Web might be better than sex.",
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          "text": "I mean, Madonna says they [Manolos] are better than sex and Suzy Menkes marvels at the way no one but Manolo can build so much sexual arousal into a sliver of suede.",
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