second to none en · ADJ
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(not-comparable) As good as the best, as in quality or reputation; inferior to no one else or to nothing else of the same kind.
The righteous way to go / Little one would know / Or believe if I told them so / You're second to none
1970, “The Makings of You”, in Curtis, performed by Curtis Mayfield:Emerging new research has revealed that rail is a second-to-none focus for Government investment.
2020 December 2, Nigel Harris, “Comment: The UK's worst crisis since 1709”, in Rail, page 3:The NanShan, he affirmed, was second to none as a sea-boat.
1902 January–March, Joseph Conrad, “Typhoon”, in George R. Halkett, editor, The Pall Mall Magazine, volume XXVI, London: Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, →OCLC, chapter 1:Second Merchant: How is the man esteemed here in the city? Angelo: Of very reverend reputation, sir, Of credit infinite, highly beloved, Second to none that lives here in the city.
c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 96, column 2:“[I]f I, in the performance of my work, have been second to none, do you see that you in yours may be equally efficient?”
1877, Anthony Trollope, chapter 11, in The Life of Cicero:Such equipment demands first-class design and manufacturing skills, a good deal of experience and quality of materials second to none, and cannot be inexpensive.
1962 July, “B.R. signalling—Means to simplification and improvement”, in Modern Railways, page 50:The Afghans have been second to none at small-war tactics ever since they fought the British in the 19th century.
2001 October 1, Yuri Zarakhovich, Alexander Lyakhovski, “A Tough Fight”, in Time:
Translations (9)
es no ir en zaga (as good as the best) · fr sans égal (as good as the best) · cmn 无与伦比 (as good as the best) · fr hors pair (as good as the best) · fi vailla vertaa (as good as the best) · cy heb ail (as good as the best) · de unübertroffen (as good as the best) · de seinesgleichen suchend (as good as the best) · de niemanden nachstehend (as good as the best)