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.
See also: cry, far

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ToonTO:NDutch
Hypatos-Ancient Greek
Masha-Russian
MerlinMUR-lin (English)Arthurian Romance, English
Jolantayaw-LAHN-tah (Polish)Polish, Lithuanian
Luitger-German (Archaic)