as the crow flies
advEtymology
From the fact that while crows fly to their source of food, their flight bypasses obstacles like rivers and terrain. Compare beeline.
Definitions
In a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or…
In a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance.
- It is 15 kilometers as the crow flies.
- ʽFire,ʼ said Bill, ʽin the form of a common cowshed, is burnin' about nor'-nor'-east as the crow flies.ʼ
- The distance from Sarajevo to Ploce is 75 miles as the crow flies, but because of the difficult terrain the new line is 120 miles long.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for as the crow flies. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA