a far cry from

idiom

: very different from (something or someone)
The movie is a far cry from the book.
He's a far cry from the idealistic young writer he once was.

Examples of a far cry from in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In the early 1990s, many forecasters were still drawing weather maps by hand, a far cry from the sophisticated, computerized techniques that have since become commonplace. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 2 June 2024 That’s because its NPU is capable of performing over 40 tera operations per second (TOPS) — a far cry from the 10 NPU TOPS offered with the Meteor Lake chips included in a range of AI PCs that are already available. Emma Roth, The Verge, 20 May 2024 Having interest rates do the work of controlling inflation, while different from what Keynes would have advocated, is a far cry from Friedman’s monetarism. Tim Lankester, Fortune, 16 May 2024 In the photo, which Paltrow posted on her Instagram, the actress opted for a monochrome look of her own — but her take on the simple styling hack was a far cry from Winfrey’s. Averi Baudler, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for a far cry from 

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“A far cry from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20far%20cry%20from. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.

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