Idiom
cut above someone or something
Theme: QUALITY
a measure or degree better than someone or something else. (Especially with average, as in the examples.)Your shirt is beautiful, but mine is a cut above yours.John isn't the best mechanic in town, but he's a cut above average.
Idiom
cut abovea cut above (someone/something)
better than other people or things.The songs on his new album are definitely a cut above the ones on his last CD.