右みぎに出でる者ものはいない

expression, i-adjective

second to none; in a league of one's own

Idiomatic expression meaning that someone or something is the best, with no equal. Often used in the pattern 〜で右に出る者はいない (in ~, there is no one who surpasses). The phrase originates from the Chinese custom where the rightmost seat was the seat of honor.

• 彼かれは数すう学がくでは右みぎに出でる者ものはいない。

  He is second to none in mathematics.

• この分ぶん野やで彼かの女じょの右みぎに出でる者ものはいないだろう。

  In this field, she is probably in a league of her own.