within a stone's throw

within a stone's throw (of someone or something)

Very close (to someone or something); only a short distance away (from someone or something). Brad wanted a shorter commute, so he moved to a new house that's within a stone's throw of his office. This house is absolutely beautiful, and the beach is within a stone's throw! The police officer was within a stone's throw of us, but thankfully he didn't see us hiding in the shadows.

within a stone's throw (of something)

and (just) a stone's throw away (from something); (just) a stone's throw (from something)

Fig. very close (to something). (Possibly as close as the distance one could throw a stone. It usually refers to a distance much greater than one could throw a stone.) The police department was located within a stone's throw of our house. We live in Carbondale, and that's just a stone's throw away from the Mississippi River. Come visit. We live just a stone's throw away.

词组	within a stone's throw
释义	within a stone's throw within a stone's throw (of someone or something) Very close (to someone or something); only a short distance away (from someone or something). Brad wanted a shorter commute, so he moved to a new house that's within a stone's throw of his office. This house is absolutely beautiful, and the beach is within a stone's throw! The police officer was within a stone's throw of us, but thankfully he didn't see us hiding in the shadows. See also: someone, throw, within Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. within a stone's throw (of something) and (just) a stone's throw away (from something); (just) a stone's throw (from something) Fig. very close (to something). (Possibly as close as the distance one could throw a stone. It usually refers to a distance much greater than one could throw a stone.) The police department was located within a stone's throw of our house. We live in Carbondale, and that's just a stone's throw away from the Mississippi River. Come visit. We live just a stone's throw away. See also: throw, within McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: within a stone's throw (of someone or something) a stone's throw away stone's throw away stone's throw, a (just) a stone's throw (from something) a stone's throw a stone's throw away from (something) just a stone's throw away (from something) in striking distance (of someone or something) in spitting distance (of someone or something) References in periodicals archive No longer can communities afford to have two sawmills within a stone's throw of one another, with both running one shift each. Domtar, Tembec two I-beams in a pod Located in a region of the Fornax cluster examined by a slew of other telescopes, UDF "takes us to within a stone's throw of the Big Hubble lakes ultralong look at the cosmos Some of the country's finest beaches are within a stone's throw and there is far less traffic than in most large cities, an enviable quality of life. Boomerang: incubators? Start-ups? Sounds suspiciously 1999, but Recife's digital port is for real The space is within a stone's throw of the Westin and Hilton hotels, the Ford Theatre, New Amsterdam Theatre, and numerous off-Broadway venues. Garrick-Aug Worldwide hosts marketing party in the Times Square district
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