: a great distance : a long way
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a far cry
1. A great distance
2. A very different matter
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Main Entry: ↑cry
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a far cry,
a long way; great distance: »
a far cry from home, a far cry from what we had hoped. The kind of thinking he must do is a far cry from the quiet reflection that is possible at a university (New Yorker).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.