far cry from

far cry from something

a thing that is very different from something else. What you did was a far cry from what you said you were going to do. The song they played was a far cry from what I call music.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tamara	tah-MAH-rah (Russian, Spanish, Italian), tə-MAHR-ə (English), TAM-ə-rə (English)	Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, English, Dutch, S
Severo	se-VE-ro	Italian, Spanish
Melba	MEL-bə	English
Loretta	lə-RET-ə (English), lo-RET-tah (Italian)	English, Italian
Rio (2)	ṙee-o	Japanese
AndrÉIa	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)