country mile

plural country miles

1. idiomaticinformalA long way, a great distance.

   by a country mile

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   ’Twas long indeed, a country mile;

   1829, Frederick de Kruger, “The Villager’s Tale.”, in The Pirate, and Other Poems, London, England, United Kingdom: Liddell and Son, page 63

   For your smile / I'd walk a country mile, yeah / For one touch of your hand / I'd crawl the desert sand, oh yeah

   1976, Jermaine Jackson, “My Touch Of Madness”, in My Name Is Jermaine

   I liked to imagine that my father had been a pretty fair country ballplayer who didn't pay attention to his batting average but could hit the ball a country mile and run like the wind.

   2000, Steve Holt, A Day at the Ballpark, Xlibris, page 13

   Once I got in gear and took off, I was the only car left! I won by a country mile, Bro!

   2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport

   But the passengers we spoke to seemed very happy with the trains - and yes, they are an improvement on the Class 170 by a country mile.

   2023 April 5, Pip Dunn, “'196s' giving commuters a smoother ride”, in RAIL, number 980, page 57