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Englishas the crow flies
Meaning: Directly or in a straight line, without roads.
Example: “The village is only ten miles away as the crow flies, but thirty by road.”
Origin: The expression is used to describe the distance between two points as an airplane or bird might fly, without taking into account the twists and turns in the road.
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