天悬地隔
      Explanation: Suspended, separated: distance. Metaphor varies greatly.
      Usage: Joint type; as the predicate attribute; metaphor varies greatly
      Source: "Southern Miss Jue Qi Shu Biography": "A person thinking, Chisu days suspended; one of the text, Clumsy soil compartment."
      Examples: Barbara ran out of the belly of a Mother of two people so ~. (Qing Cao Xueqin's "Dream of Red Mansions," the fifty-fifth back)
  • Thesaurus:  Poles apart