not by any stretch of the imagination

Related to not by any stretch of the imagination: by no stretch of the imagination

not by any stretch of the imagination

In no possible situation or from no conceivable perspective. Not by any stretch of the imagination do I think our team has a chance of winning tonight. Tommy does all right in school, but not by any stretch of the imagination would I call him a genius.
See also: any, by, imagination, not, of, stretch
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

not by any stretch of the imagination

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by no stretch of the imagination

If you say that something is not true or possible by any stretch of the imagination or by no stretch of the imagination, you mean that it is completely untrue or impossible. He had several jobs, all of them involving driving but none of them well-paid by any stretch of the imagination. By no stretch of the imagination could his speech be described as impersonal.
See also: any, by, imagination, not, of, stretch
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
See also:
  • by no stretch of the imagination
  • by no stretch
  • from (one's) perspective
  • from my perspective
  • by any stretch
  • all the difference in the world
  • beyond imagination
  • eight ways from Sunday
  • eight ways to Sunday
  • forty ways from Sunday
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