country mile
noun/ˌkʌntɹi ˈmaɪl/
Etymology
From country + mile. So named due to the winding, twisting nature of country roads, a country mile appears to take much longer to travel than a mile in the city, where the roads are straighter. First use appears c. 1717, in the publications of M. Dutton.
Definitions
A long way, a great distance.
- by a country mile
- ’Twas long indeed, a country mile;
- I liked to imagine that my father had been a pretty fair country ballplayer who didn't pay attention to his batting average but could hit the ball a country mile and run like the wind.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA