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To go as the crow flies is to take the most direct route somewhere. Going as the crow flies is the shortest path between two points. This expression has to do with traveling—in a very specific way. If you travel as the crow flies, you've gone somewhere as quickly and directly as possible.
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.
What's the meaning of the phrase 'As the crow flies'? In a direct line, without any of the detours caused by following a road. What's the origin of the phrase 'As the crow flies'?
As the Crow Flies Meaning. Definition: The shortest distance from one place to another. This idiom is often used when talking about the relative distance between two different places. However, it does not describe the physical distance that a person would need to travel by car or on foot.
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. See full dictionary entry for crow
The meaning of the expression is attested from the early 19th century, and appeared in the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist (1838): "We cut over the fields at the back with him between us – straight as the crow flies – through hedge and ditch."
