[Ads-l] "There's X, and then there's X"

[Ben Zimmer]

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 1:03 PM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:

> Discussion of Clinton e-mails led Obama to say, "there's classified, and
> then there's classified"
>
> Has anyone ever traced this formation back into history?
>

I don't know of any historical treatment, but Larry noted the snowclone in
2012:

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2012-October/122607.html

Further discussion in English usage forums:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.usage.english/mN7UD5T93EE
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/33307/meaning-of-a-quote-in-movie-casino-royale-2006

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