As the Crow Flies

What Does "As the Crow Flies" Mean?

"As the crow flies" is an English idiom. It means "the shortest distance between two points, without considering obstacles or terrain."

Here are three examples of the idiom "as the crow flies" used in a sentence:

The next town is 10 miles away as the crow flies, but the road twists a lot, so it's actually 15 miles by car.
The mountain looks close, but that's as the crow flies.
It's only a mile as the crow flies, but it takes much longer to hike there.

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