country mile
A long way, a great distance.
by a country mile
country
UK /ˈkʌntɹi/ US /ˈkʌntɹi/
noun 5adj 3
Definitions
noun
1
The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.
But that expropriation of the Third World, [that] has been going on for 400 years, brings us to another revelation: namely, that the Third World is not poor. You don't go to poor countries to make money. There are very few poor countries in this world. Most countries are rich: the Philippines are rich, Brazil is rich, Mexico is rich, Chile is rich; only the people are poor. But there's billions to be made there, to be carved out, and to be taken; there's been billions for 400 years! The Capitalist European and North American powers have carved out and taken the timber, the flax, the hemp, the cocoa, the rum, the tin, the copper, the iron, the rubber, the bauxite, the slaves, and the cheap labour. They have taken out of these countries. These countries are not underdeveloped; they're overexploited!
2
An area of land of undefined extent; a region, a district.
We walk along flat, open country, red dirt and spinifex grass, a few short trees[…].
3
An area of land of undefined extent; a region, a district.
Thomas Hardy country
Hikers love the wild country that lies northwest of this river confluence.
4
A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
I was borne and brought up in the Countrie, and amidst husbandry[…].
I have always thought that one of the main reasons for the popularity of blood sports in the country is the pointlessness of going outdoors with no purpose or destination in mind.
5
The inhabitants or people of a district, region, or nation; the populace, the public.
For all the country, in a general voice, Cried hate upon him.
adj
1
From or in the countryside, connected with it, or typical of it.
Things around here are just a little more country than what he's used to.
When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.
2
Of or connected to country music.
They're mainly a hard rock band, but their new album sounds kinda country to me.
3
Originating in India rather than being imported from abroad.
We have seen that the Company manufactured silk stuffs at three of its Residencies, but from country-wound silk.
A reference to the Annual Administration Reports of the Department of Horse-breeding Operations […] will allow of the opinion being arrived at, that the breed of country horses under the present regime is steadily improving.
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