too good for this world

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too good for this world (not comparable)

1. Too morally good or pure for the sinful mortal world.
   • 1733, Lewis Theobald, ed., The Works of Shakespeare: in Seven Volumes, Dedication, page A3.

     It might be a childish Superstition, perhaps, to imagine her too good for this World, but we feel to our Concern, that what made her revered on Earth, qualified her too early for a Saint in Heaven.

2. (idiomatic) Out of this world; of exceptionally high quality; wonderful; marvelous.
   • 2016, Alexandra Petri, ComPost • Opinion (satire), The Washington Post.

     Obama: Merrick Garland is a beautiful cinnamon roll, too good for this world, too pure