country mile
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkʌntɹi ˈmaɪl/
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Noun
country mile (plural country miles)
- (informal) A long way, a great distance.
- 2000, Steve Holt, A Day at the Ballpark, Xlibris 2000, p. 13:
- 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 2000, p. 13:
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