as the crow flies
Adverb

as the crow flies (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) 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.
Translations
  • French: à vol d'oiseau
  • German: Luftlinie
  • Italian: in linea d'aria
  • Portuguese: em linha reta
  • Russian: напряму́ю
  • Spanish: a vuelo de pájaro



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