天てんと地ちの差さ

expression, noun

world of difference; poles apart; night and day

Idiomatic expression emphasizing an extreme difference, as vast as that between heaven and earth. Often used in comparisons.

• 彼かれの実じつ力りょくと私わたしの実じつ力りょくは天てんと地ちの差さだ。

  There's a world of difference between his ability and mine.

• 都と会かいと田舎いなかの生せい活かつは天てんと地ちの差さがある。

  Life in the city and life in the countryside are poles apart.