better than anything

[navi]

A says: Well, they sure gave you some sweet job.
B replies: Better than some.
A says: Carrying a busload of hate is not my idea of better than
anything.

Source:

https://www.stockq.org/moviescript/A/assault-on-precinct-13.php

Is A saying it is better than few things or it is better than nothing?

What does 'it is not my idea of better than anything' mean?

I think it could be understood in two ways:
a) It is not the best
b) It is the worst

--
Gratefully,
Navi

Lost in the Twilight Zone of the English language
Obsessed with ambiguity
Interested in strange structures

[LionelEdwards]

Post by navi
A says: Well, they sure gave you some sweet job.
B replies: Better than some.
A says: Carrying a busload of hate is not my idea of better than
anything.
https://www.stockq.org/moviescript/A/assault-on-precinct-13.php
Is A saying it is better than few things or it is better than nothing?

"Few" suggests not many? To all intents and purposes almost nothing?

Post by navi
What does 'it is not my idea of better than anything' mean?
a) It is not the best
b) It is the worst

That narrows it down a bit.

"It is better than few things", spoken with the right
emphasis, might mean "Sans Pareil", but that didn't make
it through the Rainhill Trials:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans_Pareil

[Hibou]

Post by navi
A says: Well, they sure gave you some sweet job.
B replies: Better than some.
A says: Carrying a busload of hate is not my idea of better than
anything.
https://www.stockq.org/moviescript/A/assault-on-precinct-13.php
Is A saying it is better than few things or it is better than nothing?

Neither. He's saying there is no worse job.

Post by navi
What does 'it is not my idea of better than anything' mean?
a) It is not the best
b) It is the worst

Ben, b. Voilà.

[navi]

Thank you both very much!