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"Over yonder as the crow the flies" is a ridiculous statement that makes sense to a lot of people (lemm.ee)
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[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

huh, I've only ever heard it not attached to "over yonder". for me it's just a modifier to distance and direction to indicate you don't account for terrain. "it's about 5 miles south as the crow flies, but that river might give you hell"