a country mile
a country mile
A long distance, especially when one expects it to be shorter. We've driven so far, and I still don't see the silo anywhere. Maybe the farmer was referring to a country mile when he said it was 'just a mile away.'
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
country mile
Rur. a great distance. The batter knocked that ball a country mile. I had to walk a country mile to the next gas station.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
a country mile
a very long way; a very large margin. informal 2001 Sunday Business Post He's definitely the best barrister there – by a country mile.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
country mile
A distance that's farther than anticipated. Rural distances seem to be much longer than city folk think, so when a farmer says that the turnoff is “just a mile down the road,” that mile can stretch on interminably. The phrase used to be regularly used by baseball radio broadcasters to describe the distance of a long home run.
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Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
- country mile
- get anywhere
- get somewhere/anywhere/nowhere
- silo drippings
- take the long way home
- keep banker's hours
- condense
- condense (something) (in)to (something)
- condense to
- within a stone's throw (of someone or something)