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the next best thing
best alternative
The next best thing is the best choice available when your first choice is not possible.
Hear it in real life
Did you get tickets for the concert?
No, but watching the livestream is the next best thing.
A homemade pizza is the next best thing to eating one in Naples.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: It is next better thing.
Say: It is the next best thing.
Use the superlative adjective 'best,' not the comparative 'better,' in this fixed phrase.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be the next best thing; the next best thing tonoun or -ing
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A homemade pizza is the next best thing to eating one in Naples.
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the next best thing
best alternative
“A homemade pizza is the next best thing to eating one in Naples.”
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