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.
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The housing situation is a far cry from how Combs was living at his mansions in Star Island in Miami Beach and Los Angeles.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
For most families, the median balance in everyday accounts like checking or savings was only $10,000 — a far cry from the $527,000 casually sitting on the viral ATM receipt.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
These subtle preferences, however, are a far cry from the field-clearing exercises the party conducted in the 2020 cycle.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2025
The muted mood in the West Bank — where there are now more than 1,200 Israeli-manned checkpoints and gates, making travel very difficult — is a far cry from celebrations that broke out back in 2012 when the UN upgraded Palestine to observer state status.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 21 Sep. 2025
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
For most families, the median balance in everyday accounts like checking or savings was only $10,000 — a far cry from the $527,000 casually sitting on the viral ATM receipt.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
These subtle preferences, however, are a far cry from the field-clearing exercises the party conducted in the 2020 cycle.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2025
The muted mood in the West Bank — where there are now more than 1,200 Israeli-manned checkpoints and gates, making travel very difficult — is a far cry from celebrations that broke out back in 2012 when the UN upgraded Palestine to observer state status.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 21 Sep. 2025
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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 1 Oct. 2025.
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