Monday 28 January 2019

chalk


like chalk and cheese (also as different as chalk and cheese) (British English, informal) completely different from each other: como la noche y el día, parecerse como un huevo a una castaña They were as different as chalk and cheese.
not by a long chalk (British English, informal) [also not by a long shot (informal)] not at all: 
ni mucho menos He's not finished yet, not by a long chalk.