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[something else]{adj.}, {slang}, {informal} So good as to be beyond description; the ultimate; stupendous. •/Janet Hopper is really something else./

[something else again]{n. phr.} A different kind of thing; something different. •/I don’t care if you borrow my dictionary sometimes, but taking it without asking and keeping it is something else again./ •/"But I don’t want a new car," Charles said to the car dealer, "I want a used car." "Oh," said the car dealer, "that’s something else again."/

[so much(1)]{adj.} 1. A limited amount of; some. •/Sometimes students wonder if the teacher knows they have only so much time to do their lessons./ •/If you can’t give everyone a full glass of milk, just put so much milk in each glass./ 2. Equally or amounting to; only amounting to. — Often used for emphasis. •/Charley spends money as if it were so much paper./ •/What Mary said was so much nonsense; there wasn’t a word of truth in it./ Compare: SO MANY(1).

[so much(2)]{pronoun} A limited amount; some; a price or amount that is agreed or will be agreed on. •/You can do only so much in a day./ •/Milk costs so much a quart but cream costs so much a pint./ Compare: SO MANY(2).

[so much(3)]{adv.} By that much; by the amount shown; even. — Used with the comparative and usually followed by "the". •/I can’t go tomorrow. So much the better; we’ll go today./ •/John isn’t coming to the picnic. So much the more for us to eat!/ •/So much the worse for you if you break the rules./ Syn.: ALL THE(2).

[so much as]{adv. phr.} 1. Even. — Usually used in negative sentences and questions. •/He didn’t so much as thank me for returning his money that I found./ •/Would you so much as get me a glass of water? No, you wouldn’t./ 2. See: AS MUCH AS(2).

[so much for] Enough has been said or done about. — Used to point out that you have finished with one thing or are going to take up something else. •/So much for the geography of Ireland, we will now talk about the people who live there./ •/"I have nothing more to say to you, Tommy, and so much for that," Mary said angrily./

[son] See: FAVORITE SON, LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.

[song] See: FOR A SONG.

[song and dance]{n.}, {informal} 1. Foolish or uninteresting talk; dull nonsense. Usually used with "give". •/I met Nancy today and she gave me a long song and dance about her family./ 2. A long lie or excuse, often meant to get pity. Usually used with "give". •/Billy gave the teacher a song and dance about his mother being sick as an excuse for being late./ •/The tramp asked us for money and tried to give us a big song and dance about having to buy a bus ticket to Chicago./

[sonic boom]{n.} A loud noise and vibration in the air, made when a jet plane passes the speed of sound (1087 feet per second). •/Fast jet planes sometimes cause a sonic boom, which can break windows and crack the plaster in houses below them./ •/We thought there was an explosion or earthquake, but it was only a sonic boom that shook the house./