As I try to learn one kanji every day, I will try to post one English idiom for you.
The first example is "as the crow flies"
Which means, in a straight line from one place to another.
For example
"The school is 5km from my house by road,
but only 2km as the crow flies."
:Phil
I wonder why "crow" ?
ReplyDeleteIf I were the person who invented this idiom,
I would use "as the pigeon flies."
Hmm... Let me check my dictionary...
I found it! It says that because crows fly straight toward the destination.
Wow yeah I had never thought about why it's a crow & not some other bird. Crows fly straighter than other birds? I didn't know that. Just yesterday I bought a book about Japanese birds. I will have to see what other interesting information I can find.
ReplyDelete:Phil