hop, skip, and a jump

A short distance, as in It's just a hop, skip, and a jump from my house to yours. This expression, dating from the early 1700s, originally referred to an exercise or game involving these movements, but by the mid-1800s was also being used figuratively for the short distance so covered.

词组	hop, skip, and a jump
释义	hop, skip, and a jump hop, skip, and a jump A short distance, as in It's just a hop, skip, and a jump from my house to yours. This expression, dating from the early 1700s, originally referred to an exercise or game involving these movements, but by the mid-1800s was also being used figuratively for the short distance so covered. See also: and, jump The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: a hop, skip, and a jump hop, skip, and (a) jump hop, skip, and jump skip bunny hop hop to it Hop to it! yours hop joint jump up to (something)
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