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- Kate lives only a few blocks from school as the crow flies.
- The village of Hamble lies upon the Hamble River, a tidal tributary of Southampton Water, about six miles as the crow flies from Southampton?
Meaning:
By the shortest and most direct route; measured in a straight, direct line between two places.
- This case is a wild-goose chase, he's left just no evidence.
- It's a wild-goose chase trying to discover who gave you this cold.
Meaning:
A useless or hopeless search, especially because something does not exist or can't be found.
Examples of this idiom:
- Everywhere I go, my mother makes me take my bratty little sister. She's an albatross around my neck.
- Asking her out would be like inviting an albatross around my neck for a lifetime.
Meaning:
A very difficult burden that you can't get rid of, or a reminder of something that you did that was wrong.
Examples of this idiom:
- "You're looking like the cat that swallowed the canary. Wait until I beat you next time."
- When Ashley found that she was the only one who had gotten 100 on the big test, she looked like the cat that swallowed the canary.
Meaning:
Very self-satisfied.
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