An idiomatic phrase, equivalent to the phrase "as the crow flies," which refers to the shortest distance between two places, a linear transect that avoids meandering turns and inconvenient detours often associated with following roads.
"The Flying Raven, by Edouard Manet, ex Libris, 1875," photograph by Sharon Mollerus, is licensed under CC BY.
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