as the crow flies

English

Adverb

as the crow flies (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) In a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance.

   It is 15 kilometers as the crow flies.

Translations

in a straight line

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 筆直地 (cmn), 笔直地 (cmn) (bǐzhí de)

• Dutch: hemelsbreed (nl)
• Finnish: linnuntietä (fi)
• French: à vol d'oiseau (fr)

• German: Luftlinie (de) f
• Hebrew: בקו אווירי (he) (be'kav aviri) m
• Hungarian: toronyiránt (hu)
• Spanish: a vuelo de pájaro (es)
• Swedish: fågelvägen (sv)
• Turkish: kuş uçuşu (tr)

See also

• beeline
• displacement (physics)