Nothing like anything

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
1

Hi,

Can someone tell me the meaning of “Nothing like anything”?

Regards,
William

2

In itself that is a meaningless snippet. Could you please provide the entire paragraph?

3

Hi,

I got the meaning of it atlast. It means “very unique”

Regards,
William

4

[color=blue]No it doesn’t! It has no meaning.

You probably mean 'not like anything’.
‘It’s extremely unique. It’s not like anything I’ve seen before.’

5

It is rarely found used informally to mean ‘incomparable’, ‘unparalleled’ and even ‘unique’.

6

[color=blue]"So, “nothing like anything” would be used to say that something is completely unique, and would be more emphatic than “not like anything”.

On a general style note, the phrase “nothing like anything” sounds fairly informal/colloquial, so you would probably want to avoid it in situations where that matters.[color=blue]"

7

I agree with Canadian that it is not used in isolation the way it is presented here.
It is a meaningless snippet until you add to the phrase.

It’s nothing like anything we’ve seen/heard/felt/found before.
it’s comparable to
It’s not like anything… but either way it needs something to complete it.

8

Yes, though the complement (“It’s not like anything I’ve seen before.”) is often implied.

9

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for your comments and explanations. This sentence is not meant to me. I just read it in Newspaper. So wants to know the meaning of it here.

Regards,
William

10

It’s not a sentence. If you had written the entire sentence we would have had more of an idea about the original meaning.

11

In my experience it has never ever been implied, the end phrase is always, always stated.

It’s not like anything I’ve seen before.
It’s not like anything we’ve known before.
It’s not like anything you’ll have experienced before.
etc.

Without an end phrase it’s incomplete, vague and sounds ‘off’.