opposite extreme

Frequency: 7.815.1 per million words

describes one of two completely different and conflicting points

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Examples (10)

  • After always putting too much salt in her cooking, she went to the opposite extreme and banished it completely.
  • His political views represent the opposite extreme from his father's conservative beliefs.
  • She went from being extremely messy to the opposite extreme of obsessive cleanliness.
  • The two brothers represent the opposite extreme in personality - one is outgoing, the other shy.
  • Don't swing to the opposite extreme just because the first approach didn't work.
  • Their financial habits are at opposite extremes - he saves everything, she spends freely.
  • The new policy represents the opposite extreme from the previous laissez-faire approach.
  • After years of strict dieting, she moved to the opposite extreme of eating whatever she wanted.
  • The company culture shifted to the opposite extreme from informal to highly structured.
  • These two teaching methods represent opposite extremes in educational philosophy.