EABOD25@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days ago"Over yonder as the crow the flies" is a ridiculous statement that makes sense to a lot of peoplemessage-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down122
arrow-up135arrow-down1message-square"Over yonder as the crow the flies" is a ridiculous statement that makes sense to a lot of peopleEABOD25@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squarethedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·24 days agohuh, I’ve only ever heard it not attached to “over yonder”. for me it’s just a modifier to distance and direction to indicate you don’t account for terrain. “it’s about 5 miles south as the crow flies, but that river might give you hell”
huh, I’ve only ever heard it not attached to “over yonder”. for me it’s just a modifier to distance and direction to indicate you don’t account for terrain. “it’s about 5 miles south as the crow flies, but that river might give you hell”