Meaning: belsen

n.
a Nazi concentration camp for Jews created in northwestern Germany during World War II

else Idiom, Proverb

something else

so good as to be beyond description The movie was something else. It was the best movie I had seen in years.

something else again

a different kind of thing Working all day on Saturday is OK but working all day Sunday is something else again.

or else

if not；otherwise否则
Do what I tell you，or else you'll be sorry．照我的话做，否则你要后悔的。

sth else

Idiom(s): sth else

Theme: AMAZING

something wonderful; something extra special. (Informal.)
• Did you see her new car? That's really something else!
• John hit a hall yesterday that went out of the stadium and kept on going. He's something else!

put oneself in sb else's place

Idiom(s): put oneself in someone else's place AND put oneself in someone else's shoes

Theme: EMPATHY

to allow oneself to see or experience something from someone else's point of view.
• Put yourself in someone else's place, and see how it feels.
• I put myself in Tom's shoes and realized that I would have made exactly the same choice.

play sb off against sb else

Idiom(s): play sb off against sb else

Theme: MANIPULATION

to scheme in a manner that pits two of your adversaries against one another.
• Bill wanted to beat me up and so did Bob. I did some fast talking, and they ended up fighting with each other. I really played Bill off against Bob.
• The president played the House off against the Senate and ended up getting his own way.

name sb after sb else

Idiom(s): name someone after someone else AND name someone for someone else

Theme: NAME

to give someone (usually a baby) the name of another person.
• We named our baby after my aunt.
• My parents named me for my grandfather.

mistake sb for sb else

Idiom(s): mistake someone for someone else AND mix someone up with someone else

Theme: IDENTIFICATION

to confuse someone with someone else; to think that one person is another person.
• I'm sorry. I mistook you for John.
• Tom is always mistaking Bill for me. We don't look a thing alike, though.
• Try not to mix Bill up with Bob.

in sb else's shoes

Idiom(s): in someone else's shoes AND in someone else's place

Theme: EMPATHY

seeing or experiencing something from someone else's point of view.
• You might feel different if you were in her shoes.
• Pretend you're in Tom's place, and then try to figure out why he acts the way he does.

draw a line between sth and sth else

Idiom(s): draw a line between sth and sth else

Theme: DIFFERENCE

to separate two things; to distinguish or differentiate between two things.
• It's necessary to draw a line between bumping into people and striking them.
• It's very hard to draw the line between slamming a door and just closing it loudly.

put oneself in sb else's shoes

name sb for sb else

mix sb up with sb else

in sb else's place

better off if one were somewhere else

Idiom(s): better off (somewhere) AND better off (if one were somewhere else)

Theme: BETTER - LOCATION

in a better position somewhere else.
• They would be better off in Florida.
• We'd all be better off if we were in Florida.
• I know I'd be better off.

be in someone else's shoes|in someone else's shoes

v. phr. To be in someone else's situation. Fred has had so much trouble recently that we ought to be grateful we're not in his shoes.

something else|else|something

adj., slang, informal So good as to be beyond description; the ultimate; stupendous. Janet Hopper is really something else.

something else again|else|something|something else

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."

all else being equal

all else being equal
see other things being equal.

else

else
see in someone's shoes; or else; something else; something else again.