Meaning of stone's throw | Babel Free
Definitions
A short distance, roughly equivalent to how far a person can throw a stone.
idiomatic
Equivalents
العربية
عَلَى مَرْمَى حَجَر
Čeština
co by kamenem dohodil
Español
a tiro de piedra
Suomi
kivenheitto
Svenska
stenkast
Examples
“A couple of grown-ups was standing a couple of stone's throws away from us.”
“1 March 2018, Tusdiq Din on BBC Sport, Mohamed Salah: Is Liverpool striker's success improving engagement with Muslim fans? A stone's throw from The Hawthorns is Oldbury, home to Baggies fan Ashley Rawlins.”
“He came on looking upon the ground, and did not see Bathsheba till they were less than a stone's throw apart.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.