Crows do conspicuously fly alone across open country, but neither crows nor bees (as in “beeline”) fly in particularly straight lines. While crows do not swoop in the air like swallows or starlings, they often circle above their nests.

In a straight line, by the shortest route, as in It’s only a mile as the crow flies, but about three miles by this mountain road. This idiom is based on the fact that crows, very intelligent birds, fly straight to the nearest food supply. [ Late 1700s]

How to measure distance on Android

1. Open the Google Maps app.
2. Touch and hold anywhere on the map.
3. At the bottom, tap the name of the place.
4. On the place’s page, scroll down and choose Measure distance.
5. Move the map so that the black circle, or crosshairs, is on the next point you want to add.

In this page you can discover 8 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for as-the-crow-flies, like: beeline, direct route, most direct route, shortest route, straight, straight-as-an-arrow, straight-line and straightly.

Just go on this route as the crow flies, and you may save about 40 minutes. I am driving for 4 hours on this trail as the crow flies and we reached nowhere yet – I think we are lost. It was remarkable bike ride as the crow flies on Alaska-Canadian Highway.

No, the term “as the crow flies” meaning a straight line from point a to b is just an expression. Crows circle their nests, or they’re traveling over a distance tend to zig zag, but not swoop around like smaller birds.

One suggested origin of the term is that before modern navigational methods were introduced, cages of crows were kept upon ships and a bird would be released from the crow’s nest when required to assist navigation, in the hope that it would fly directly towards land.

If you say that a place is a particular distance away as the crow flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line. It was 150 miles inland from Boston as the crow flies.

The term As The Crow Flies came from British coastal vessels that customarily carried a cage of crows. And all early instances refer to directions on land with no mention of the sea, as does the French equivalent, à vol d’oiseau, which doesn’t refer to a specific bird.

Near Antonyms for as the crow flies. circuitously, deviously, veeringly.

Definition of ‘be at a loss’ If you say that you are at a loss, you mean that you do not know what to do in a particular situation.

Crow meaning and symbolism include adaptability, cleverness and intelligence, teamwork and reciprocity, transformation, and psychic abilities. Crows live on every continent except Antarctica. In addition, the crow spirit animal is a sacred power animal to those who feel a kinship with these highly intelligent birds.

as the crow flies The measurement of distance in a straight line. In a straight line, by the shortest route, as in It’s only a mile as the crow flies, but about three miles by this mountain road. If one place is a particular distance from another as the crow flies, the two places are that distance apart if you measure them in a straight line.

as the crow flies. In a straight line, by the shortest route, as in It’s only a mile as the crow flies, but about three miles by this mountain road. This idiom is based on the fact that crows, very intelligent birds, fly straight to the nearest food supply. [Late 1700s]

By road, the shortest road route is in fact 141.685 miles, and as the crow flies it is 120.495 miles. One assumes, that this is from the pinnacle of one capitol dome the other.

If one place is a particular distance from another as the crow flies, the two places are that distance apart if you measure them in a straight line. I live at Mesa, Washington, about 10 miles as the crow flies from Hanford. This mountainous area has always been remote, although it is not far from Tehran as the crow flies.