another story

English

Noun

another story

1. A radically different interpretation of a situation.
   • 1872 June 22, “A Woman’s Vengence”, in Chambers's Journal, volume 49, number 443, page 397:

     Oh, I daresay! Mr Adair and Mr Allardyce, who know you, could tell quite another story, I suspect.

   • 1870, Lady Augusta Noel, The Story of Wandering Willie, page 38:

     Farmer Foster's averted face — his wife's slow-dropping tears — Peggy's uplifted hands and pitiful, shocked look, told quite another story.

   • 1964, Lok Sabha Debates - Volume 28, Issues 31-40, page 6783:

     Then I saw another story that it was prohibitively expensive for us. I saw another story that we were going to have a modification of the MIG 21 engine, and another story that that was found completely unsuitable

2. A different situation entirely.
   • 1999, Wayne G. MacDowell, Anthony Rocco Guarino, Bobbi Janson, Not Just Another Love Story, page 323:

     Of course, if the Redskins draft you to play for them, then that's another story.

   • 2008, Padraig O'Morain, That's Men: The Best of "That's Men" Column from the Irish Times, page 115:

     All of which throws into question the whole nature of identity and how we define ourselves. But that's another story.

Translations

a different situation entirely

• Polish: inna bajka f
• Swedish: en annan femma (sv)