a breath of fresh air

Definition

› someone or something that makes a situation feel new, different, and exciting: The last band was a breath of fresh air in an otherwise boring night of music.

(Definition of a breath of fresh air from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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