as the crow flies

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From the fact that while crows fly to their source of food, their flight bypasses obstacles like rivers and terrain. Compare beeline.

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 筆直地 /笔直地 (bǐzhí de) — in a straight line
• Czech: vzdušnou čarou — in a straight line
• Danish: i fugleflugt — in a straight line
• Dutch: hemelsbreed — in a straight line
• Estonian: linnulennult — in a straight line
• Finnish: linnuntietä — in a straight line
• French: à vol d'oiseau — in a straight line
• German: Luftlinie — in a straight line
• Greek: σε ευθεία γραμμή (se eftheía grammí) — in a straight line
• Hebrew: בקו אווירי (be'kav aviri) — in a straight line
• Hungarian: toronyiránt — in a straight line
• Hungarian: légvonalban — in a straight line
• Irish: i bhfoirm líne díreach trasna tíre — in a straight line
• Italian: in linea d'aria — in a straight line
• Lithuanian: tiesia linija — in a straight line
• Māori: he toro tika — in a straight line
• Norwegian Bokmål: i luftlinje — in a straight line
• Norwegian Bokmål: i fugleflukt — in a straight line
• Polish: w linii prostej — in a straight line
• Portuguese: em linha reta — in a straight line
• Russian: прямиком (prjamikom) — in a straight line
• Russian: напряму́ю (naprjamúju) — in a straight line
• Russian: по прямо́й (po prjamój) — in a straight line
• Slovak: vzdušnou čiarou — in a straight line
• Spanish: a vuelo de pájaro — in a straight line
• Spanish: a campo través — in a straight line
• Spanish: a campo traviesa — in a straight line
• Spanish: a campo travieso — in a straight line
• Spanish: campo a través — in a straight line
• Spanish: campo a traviesa — in a straight line
• Swedish: fågelvägen — in a straight line
• Turkish: kuş uçuşu — in a straight line
• Vietnamese: theo đường chim bay — in a straight line