idiom > (literally) as far as the arrow flies--a short distance
A stone's throw
Explanation: Arrow range equivalent to the distance. Analogy is not far away. Usage: Partial official; as Subject and Object; analogy is not far behind Source: Ming Shi Nai "Tales of" the 90th was back on the Malay Song Jiang, the former line Zhongtou Ling, has gone to a stone's throw, see Song Jiang and consistent loyalty to speak, are Lema wait on. "
No. 2
The ancients did with arrows the length of the measure, each arrow a distance of about one hundred thirty steps or so. Arrow range equivalent to the distance. Analogy is not far away.
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No. 3
That short distance. "Ping Qin and six words" volume: "WANG Jian human soldiers to catch up, before the city a stone's throw troops stationed in Sapporo." "Three Kingdoms" the 14th back: "out of Luoyang, traveling without a stone's throw, but See Chentou blocks out the sun, Ku deafening sound, unlimited troops arrived. "" Twenty years have witnessed the strange status quo, "the third back:" Sure enough, but a stone's throw, went to his mansion. "See" to kill Road . "
n.: (literally) as far as the arrow flies--a short distance
Thesaurus
Zhaofaxizhi, Separated by a wall, Very close Separated, stare one in the face, far away in/within sight, Cocks
Antonym
ten thousand crags and torrents, make nothing of hardships, make light of travelling a thousand li, make light of travelling a thousand li, All the way, a flow of eloquence, separate far and wide; be far apart, the ends of the world, Shanzouhaishi, Bashan Crossing, Aboveground river Drip, Nitto on West, Ladder Hill Navigation, trudge, Climb Crossing, climb over the hills, Grummet ladder Mountain, Bashan ford, remote, smoke, traipse