wide of the mark
Of a projectile: missing the target.
Each had a gun, and the three had been shooting at a number of rabbits. Only Werner had been successful, the others shooting wide of the mark.
mark
UK /mɑːk/ US /mɑɹk/
noun 11verb 6name 5
Definitions
noun
1
Boundary, land within a boundary.
2
Boundary, land within a boundary.
3
Boundary, land within a boundary.
I do remember a great thron in Yatton field near Bristow-way, against which Sir William Waller's men made a great fire and killed it. I think the stump remains, and was a mark for travellers.
4
Boundary, land within a boundary.
There dwells Théoden son of Thengel, King of the Mark of Rohan.
5
Boundary, land within a boundary.
verb
1
To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
to mark a box or bale of merchandise
to mark clothing with one's name
2
To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
See where this pencil has marked the paper.
The floor was marked with wine and blood.
3
To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
The death of his wife, followed by months of being alone, had marked him with guilt and shame and had left an unbreaking loneliness on him.
What Uncle Marc had been through as a slave marked him, I’m sure, but I don’t know how much. How can you know what a man would be like if he had grown up unmarked by horror?
4
To create an indication of (a location).
She folded over the corner of the page to mark where she left off reading.
Some animals mark their territory by urinating.
5
To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.
This monument marks the spot where Wolfe died.
A bell marked the end of visiting hours.
noun
1
A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.
2
Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.
As a reward for his poetry, Athelstan gave Egil two more gold rings weighing a mark each, along with an expensive cloak that the king himself had worn.
3
A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.
George, on receiving it, instantly rose from the side of one of them, and said, in the hearing of them all, ‘I will bet a hundred merks that is Drummond.’
He had been made a royal counsellor, drawing a substantial annual salary of a hundred marks.
4
Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.
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