better than sex

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better than sex (comparative form only)

  1. (idiomatic, simile) Superlative; wonderful.
    • 1987 September, Robert McKay, “The National Standard”, in Cincinnati Magazine, page 104:
      It's insane the way people compare everything to sex. For years now, Arnold Schwarzenegger has made the talk-show rounds telling audiences that pumping iron is better than sex. No wonder it took him so long to find a bride.
    • 1995 August 21, Robert Metcalfe, “Microsoft and Netscape open some new fronts in escalating Web Wars”, in InfoWorld, volume 17, number 34, page 35:
      In the second generation, Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina developed NCSA Mosaic at the University of Illinois. Several million then suddenly noticed that the Web might be better than sex.
    • 2003, New Statesman‎:
      I mean, Madonna says they [Manolos] are better than sex and Suzy Menkes marvels at the way no one but Manolo can build so much sexual arousal into a sliver of suede.
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