as the crow flies
/əz ðə ˈkrəʊ ˌflaɪz/idiom
measured in a straight line, not along roads
по прямой
Русский аналог: «по прямой»
Часто с расстоянием: It’s ten miles as the crow flies, but nearly twenty by road.
“It’s ten miles as the crow flies, but twenty by road.”
“As the crow flies, the village isn’t far.”
“The two towns are close as the crow flies.”