far cry
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6.3
- idiom
- /fɑr kraɪ/
- Informal
:
gran diferencia
- The downtown of 1992 was a far cry from what you see today.
Now that is a far cry from the brightness levels that are required for good HDR.
- Now that is a far cry from the brightness levels that are required for good HDR.
- But I'm telling you, how we fight wars in other countries is such a far cry from how we protect our people, our own people.
- It's it's you know, it's such a far cry from the kind of science that I care deeply about, which is, you know, Women's Health.
- Those are certainly contemporary taboos, but those being taboo is a far cry from not being able to say anything anymore.
- We do not punish or sanction people for expressing such views, but that is a far cry for endorsing them.
- I agree it is it is definitely a powerful seat, but it's far cry from the presidency.
- But the fact is that as I say here, as many scientific hypothesis of brain function appealing, but a far cry from a Real McCoy.
- Now, this is a far cry from current Apple devices, which have some would say fewer ports.
- It's a, it's a far cry from the way that people will have been talking about God at a popular level.
Examples
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What a far cry from today, when a charge of plagiarism can generate a national scandal.
Academic text (2007) -
Built upon Oasis and rivers, it was a far cry from the grassy plains and rugged nomadic lifestyle in which Scythian culture was born.
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And yet now it seems like what you have with someone is a far cry from those things.
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Fun indeed, except hearing a recording of a speech is a far cry from going beyond the surface.
Academic text (1997) -
I agree it is it is definitely a powerful seat, but it's far cry from the presidency.
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Ukraine's security service and army are a far cry from those in Belarus or Russia.
Academic text (2010) -
Leila returns to a spotless apartment; a far cry from the train wreck she left this morning.
Fiction book (1999) -
Eating in Los Tios is a far cry from the young, urban, Cuban experience of lunch at Yuca.
Academic text (1991) -
Clearly, 55 mSv is a far cry from the short-term dose of 3000 mSv that would kill a human.
Academic text (1999) -
Her parents say the passive woman you see here is a far cry from the Catherine they remember.
Synonyms
46
2.7
A change that makes something much better or much worse
1
4.9
A very large difference between two people, groups, or ideas
Antonyms
How Different
Surface Forms
Morphology
The word 'far' clearly signals distance, so a B1 learner might infer some notion of remoteness, but the noun 'cry' (a shout) does not transparently yield the phrase's common figurative senses (e.g. 'very different' or 'a long way from'). The modern, metaphorical extension is not fully predictable from the parts, so partial understanding is possible but full meaning requires exposure.
Etymology
The phrase far cry may come from the image of a loud shout, with cry heard from very far away and so feeling distant. That's why we use far cry to say something is 'very different'.