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a stone's throw
a very short distance
Example: They live only a stone's throw away from here.
Arabic: على مَرْمى الحَجَر، قريبا، على مَقْرُبَةٍ من هُنا
Chinese (Simplified): 一投石之距离
Chinese (Traditional): 一投石之距離
Czech: co by kamenem dohodil
Danish: stenkast
Dutch: steenworp
Estonian: kiviviske kaugusel
Finnish: kivenheiton päässä
French: à deux pas (de)
German: ein Steinwurf, ein Katzensprung
Greek: μικρή απόσταση, ένα βήμα
Hungarian: kőhajtásnyi(ra)
Icelandic: steinsnar
Italian: (a breve distanza), (a un tiro di schioppo)
Japanese: すぐ近く
Latvian: akmens sviediena attālumā; ļoti tuvu
Lithuanian: netoli, už kelių žingsnių
Norwegian: et steinkast (fra)
Polish: niedaleko
Portuguese (Brazil): a um pulo
Portuguese (Portugal): a curta distância
Romanian: la o arun­cătură de băţ
Russian: рукой подать
Slovak: čo by kameňom dohodil
Slovenian: lučaj
Spanish: a tiro de piedra
Turkish: iki adımlık mesafe
See also: stoneware, stonework, stony, stone-cold, stone-dead, stone-deaf, leave no stone unturned, stone, "a stone's throw" in any language

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