as the crow flies: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

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    • In a straight line between two points, without regard to roads, paths, or obstacles.

    Examples

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    • The village is only five miles away as the crow flies, but the winding road makes the journey much longer.

      The village is only five miles away in a straight line, but the road makes it longer.

    • If you look at the map, the two cities are about 20 kilometers apart as the crow flies, ignoring all the mountains in between.

      On the map, the cities are 20 km apart in a straight line, without considering obstacles.

    • As the crow flies, the lake is just beyond the forest, but to reach it you'll have to follow the trail around the hills.

      In a straight line, the lake lies just past the forest, but you must take the trail around the hills.

    • We measured the distance as the crow flies, which gave a shorter estimate than driving distance.

      We measured the distance in a straight line, which was shorter than the distance by road.

Examples:

  • EN: 1,600 miles as the crow flies, 1,800 as the horseflies.
    ES: 1.600 millas a vuelo de cuervo, 1.800 a vuelo de mosca.
  • EN: Down south is only a thousand miles as the crow flies but ..
    ES: Está a unas mil millas hacia el sur, a vuelo de pájaro.
  • EN: That's only 100 miles from here, as the crow flies.
    ES: A 150 Km. a vuelo de pájaro.
  • EN: About two hundred miles northeast as the crow flies.
    ES: Cerca de doscientas millas al nordeste, a vuelo de pájaro.
  • EN: 1,600 miles as the crow flies, 1,800 as the horseflies.
    ES: 1.600 millas a vuelo de cuervo, 1.800 a vuelo de mosca.
  • EN: Down south is only a thousand miles as the crow flies but ..
    ES: Está a unas mil millas hacia el sur, a vuelo de pájaro.
  • EN: That's only 100 miles from here, as the crow flies.
    ES: A 150 Km. a vuelo de pájaro.
  • EN: About two hundred miles northeast as the crow flies.
    ES: Cerca de doscientas millas al nordeste, a vuelo de pájaro.
  • EN: - Not so far as the crow flies.
    ES: - En línea recta no muy lejos.
  • EN: Forty miles north of Tulsa as the crow flies.
    ES: A cuarenta millas al norte de Tulsa en línea recta.
  • EN: Worth thirty million as the crow flies.
    ES: Que vale aproximadamente unos... 30 millones.
  • EN: Well, not so many miles, as the crow flies.
    ES: No son muchos kilómetros.
  • EN: 23 by road. - 11 as the crow flies. - So you couldn't talk to him.
    ES: Está claro que no os hablaba porque no entendía vuestro lenguaje.
  • EN: About two miles as the crow flies.
    ES: Es el tercero. Unos 2 kilómetros en línea recta.
  • EN: About six blocks as the crow flies.
    ES: A unas seis manzanas de aquí.
  • EN: It's 15 miles through the jungle that way as the crow flies.
    ES: Son 15 millas a través de la jungla justo cuando el cuervo vuela.
  • EN: No, I mean as the crow flies.
    ES: No, quería decir volando.
  • EN: Oh, about 87 as the crow flies.
    ES: Unas 87, aproximadamente.
  • EN: Straight as the crow flies.
    ES: -Tal y como lo escucha.

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