1 general:: Phrase(s): If that don’t beat all! [and] That beats everything!; Don’t that (just) beat all! Rur. That surpasses everything!; That is amazing!; That takes the cake! (The grammar error, that don’t is built into this catchphrase.) • Tom: The mayor is kicking the baseball team out of the city. Bill: If that don’t beat all! • John: Now, here’s a funny thing. South America used to be attached to Africa. Fred: That beats everything! John: Yeah.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs