ИНОЙ ТАБАК

• ДРУГОЙ <ИНОЙ, НЕ ТОТ> КОЛЕНКОР <ТАБАК> highly coll

[NP; sing only; subj-compl with copula (subj: usu. это, occas. any noun or a clause); fixed WO]

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⇒ that changes (or would change) the situation:

- (that's) a horse of another (a different) color;

- (that's) a card of a different suit;

- (that's) a bird of another feather;

- (that's) another (a different) kettle of fish.

     ♦ "...Я к вам совсем по другому делу, связанному сугубо с производством, а не то, чтоб всё жрать да разбазаривать". - "Ну, это тогда совсем другой коленкор" (Попов 1). "...I'm here on totally different business, strictly related to production, and not to eating up and selling off everything." "Well, that's a horse of a different color" (1a).