as the crow flies

as the crow flies
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.


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  • as\ the\ crow\ flies — adv clause By the most direct way; along a straight line between two places. It is seven miles to the next town as the crow flies, but it is ten miles by the road, which goes around the mountain …   Словарь американских идиом

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