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Taka Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Cry

Is anyone familiar with the etymology of 'a far cry from'? How come it means 'a huge difference from'? Is that 'a far cry' kind of associated with 'a long distance' and then with 'a huge difference'?
  

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Yes. A long distance to shout, expanded idiomatically from physical distance to conceptual distance.

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  • Yes.
  • A long distance to shout, expanded idiomatically from physical distance to conceptual distance.
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Yes. A long distance to shout, expanded idiomatically from physical distance to conceptual distance.
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