"ranks right up there with..."

Posted by Smokey Stover August 02, 2006In reply to "ranks right up there with..." posted by ESC on August 01, 2006

"ranks right up there with..."

Dear The Phrase Finder's kind members,

I have a query about the idiom "ranks right up there with..."
What does it mean? In my opinion, I guess it mean on the highest rank or on the top. But I'm really not sure. So anyone know please help me. ^_^

(The Full Sentence is "Good to know New York ranks right up there with the old country.)

Is equal to. On the same footing or level as.

●-- The expression is frequently--possibly most often--used sarcastically. George W. Bush as president ranks right up there with Warren G. Harding--well, almost. Too parochial an example? Try: Tony Blair as prime minister ranks right up there with Stanley Baldwin. (You may wish to pooh-pooh my judgment there. But what do it know?) Or less politically, Wetabix ranks right up there with sawdust. Sorry, I know the spelling of sawdust but not the other.
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