by a long shot
Prepositional phrase
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Prepositional phrase
- (idiomatic, usually, with a negative) By a wide margin; indicates a very big difference or disparity.
- He couldn't keep up with me, not by a long shot.
- He speaks better than he writes, by a long shot.
- French: largement, de loin
- German: bei weitem, bei Weitem, (in the context of a negative) lange, (in the context of a negative, temporally) noch lange
- Spanish: de lejos, ni por asomo, ni mucho menos, ni por casualidad, ni de lejos, ni de cerca
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