country miles
Really far away
Country miles is an informal expression meaning a great distance or a large margin: We lost by country miles.
The phrase plays on the idea that miles traveled on winding rural roads feel longer than straight urban ones.
Almost always plural: She's country miles ahead of the competition.
- dirt roadUnpaved rural thoroughfare
- far cryGreat distance or difference
- as the crow fliesDirect distance, ignoring terrain
- long haulProlonged difficult undertaking
- distanceSpace between two points
long way off · down the road · stone's throw · light-years · infinities · measurement · backroads · off the beaten path · rural · back forty · middle of nowhere · yonder · hop, skip, and a jump · just around the corner · wide open spaces · farmland · barns · creeks
country milesa stone's throw
hair's breadth · spitting distance · inches · a tad · next to nothing
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