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

[Dan Goncharoff]

Thanks, Ben. I was just wondering because I can't find usage before the
mid-90s, and I would have thought it was older.

DanG

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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